THE NORTHCOTE TRUST

Registered charity 207813 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NORTHCOTE CHILDREN'S EMIGRATION FUND FOR AUSTRALIA

Provides funds for potential University students to enable them to study at Australian Universities.

Objects

1) TO ENABLE AND ASSIST POOR CHILDREN OF BRITISH BIRTH AND ESPECIALLY ORPHANS TO EMIGRATE FROM ANY PART OF GREAT BRITAIN TO ANY PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA AND THERE TO ESTABLISH AND EQUIP THEMSELVES FOR LIFE. 2) TO ASSIST STUDENTS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY AWARDING GRANTS OF SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE THEM TO STUDY IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN AUSTRALIA.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £187,529, which represent its free reserves. The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing a net gain of £701,628 driven by investment surpluses. The charity's total funds increased to £5,194,443, with the majority held in an expendable endowment fund.

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 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.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Northcote Trust — “The Northcote (Postgraduate) Scholarships are awarded by the Northcote Trust, and administered on the Trust's behalf by the Britain-Australi…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Margaret Mayston AMchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hilary Emmett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Simon Sleight
• Olga Belinda Hancock
• Paul Madden CMG FRGS

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

Operates in: Anguilla · Australia · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Falkland Islands · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Montserrat · Northern Ireland

Income and spending

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• THE NORTHUMBRIA COMMUNITY TRUST income £380k
• NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED income £399k
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Side by side with its peers

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