CHARITY OF CHARLES CLEMENT WALKER (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WALKER TRUST)

Registered charity 215479 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WALKER TRUST

The charity makes grants in the areas of education and training and health and disability to Shropshire residents and projects. Grants are made to organisations and individuals. Education and training grants may be for courses undertaken both within or outside the area of benefit. Projects must operate and provide benefit within the area.

Objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME TO ALL OR SUCH OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES AS MY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK BENEFICIAL VIZ:- 1) IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OR IN OR TOWARDS MAINTENANCE OF ANY HOSPITAL, INFIRMARY, CONVALESCENT HOME OR OTHER INSTITUTION HAVING ITS OBJECT THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR PROMOTING CONVALESCENCE. 2) THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL OR SURGICAL AID OR APPLIANCES. 3) ANY INSTITUTION FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION OF ORPHANS. 4) THE PROVISION OF SUCH MEANS OF EDUCATION AS ARE NOT FOR THE TIME BEING PROVIDED BY IMPERIAL OR LOCAL TAXATION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE SHROPSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £286,628, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £50,000. The trust reported a net movement in funds of £77,019 for the year, supported by investment income and gains, with no disclosed material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 04/07/2022, 154 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Crackettchair
• CAROLIN PATON-SMITH
• Duncan Borrowman
• Gary Groves
• LADY LYDIA FORESTER
• SHIRLEY REYNOLDS

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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• CLA CHARITABLE TRUST income £288k
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• CHARLES PLATER TRUST income £147k
• THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST income £129k
• SIR WALTER ST.JOHN'S EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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