MRS M H ALLEN TRUST

Registered charity 211529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FORCES TRUST, TRUST OF MINNIE HARRIET ALLEN

To benefit such naval and/or military charities or institutions as the trustees from time to time determine.The Trustees meet at the beginning of January each year - all bids should be submitted by the 1st December. The Trustees will look favourably on bids submitted via email.

Objects

SUCH NAVAL AND/OR MILITARY CHARITIES OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEE OR TRUSTEES MAY IN HIS OR THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT. BY AN ORDER MADE IN THE CHANCERY DIVISION OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE ON 27TH NOVEMBER 1925, MR JUSTICE ASTBURY DECLARED THAT THE OBJECTS SHOWN ABOVE IS A VALID CHARITABLE TRUST.

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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Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£56k
Latest spending
£65k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is exempt from income tax and capital gains tax. The trustees consider themselves the key management personnel and receive no remuneration. There were no related party transactions during the period.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£56k£65k
05/04/2024£60k£134k
05/04/2023£63k£211k
05/04/2022£57k£54k
05/04/2021£51k£53k

Common questions

Is MRS M H ALLEN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is exempt from income tax and capital gains tax. The trustees consider themselves the key management personnel and receive no remuneration. There were no related party transactions during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MRS M H ALLEN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MRS M H ALLEN TRUST as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROYAL ALEXANDRA AND ALBERT SCHOOLFY2021£2kBursaries for specific pupils

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
UNSEEN (UK)1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST JUDE'S TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MRS M H ALLEN TRUST£56k—0unclear—no doubt
ST JUDE'S TRUST FY2025£46k—0within—no doubt
P F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£4.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE BURDEN TRUST FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
EVELYN MAY TRUST FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt
DOUGLAS ARTER FOUNDATION FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.