THE BASIL SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 206579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BASIL SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST (1959)

The objects of the charity are such charitable purposes as the trustees think fit whether in England and Wales or elsewhere. The capital and income of the Trust is held for general charitable purposes.The trustees make a number of grants to medical, socially supportive, educational and cultural charities plus a number of donations to other charities.

Objects

TO PAY THE INCOME WITH POWER TO PAY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE U.K. OR ELSEWHERE AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves (cash funds) decreased from £3,257,295 to £2,323,538 during the year due to grants exceeding income. The trustees intend to distribute reserves over the next 2 to 3 years, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified in the examination.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathleen O'Donovan
• Penelope Peskin
• RICHARD MARTIN PESKIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Simon Godwin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.