CARR-ELLISON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 206624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making charitable grants and donations as determined by the Trustees

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Get email alerts

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's unrestricted reserves stood at £178,247, which is above its stated policy of operating with no reserves as it aims to distribute unrestricted income. The Trust reported a net loss of £111,766 for the year, primarily driven by an unrealised loss on investments of £128,745, while total assets less current liabilities decreased to £2,849,375 from £2,961,141 in the prior year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no reserves (held: £178k)
“The Trust operates with no reserves as the Trustees’ policy is to distribute the unrestricted fund income.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharge of office costs
“During the year, the Trust was recharged £918 (2024: £981) for its share of office costs which were incurred by Carr-Ellison Farms. Mr J M Cart-Ellison and Mrs C Carr-Ellison are directors of Carr-Eilison Farms as well as Trustees of the Trust.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£904k
Total spending
£90k
Reserves (reported)
£2.8m
Employees
1

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Latvia · Lithuania · Scotland · Spain

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£61k
31/03/2024£84k£51k
31/03/2023£65k£61k
31/03/2022£904k£90k
31/03/2021£51k£37k

Common questions

Is CARR-ELLISON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's unrestricted reserves stood at £178,247, which is above its stated policy of operating with no reserves as it aims to distribute unrestricted income. The Trust reported a net loss of £111,766 for the year, primarily driven by an unrealised loss on investments of £128,745, while total assets less current liabilities decreased to £2,849,375 from £2,961,141 in the prior year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.