THE SOUTHWOLD TRUST

Registered charity 206480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing financial help to Charities within the area of Southwold and District in Suffolk

Objects

TO APPLY INCOME FOR PROMOTION OR ADVANCEMENT OR SUPPORT OF SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR BENEFIT OF INHABITANTS OF SOUTHWOLD.

Area of benefit: SOUTHWOLD AND REYDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £953 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Free reserves, comprising monetary and investment assets, total approximately £2.01 million, which the trustees aim to maintain to generate future income and fund grants.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Gaffneychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Charlotte Rebecca Clark · trustee of 3 other charities
• JEFFREY DAVID FULLER · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jennifer Lesley Hursell · trustee of 2 other charities
• MICHAEL PETER MAYHEW
• NIGEL JOHNSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT DAVID TEMPLE · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT MICHAEL LEE · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIR RICHARD NIGEL DALES
• Trevor Raymond Clifford

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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