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MOUNTLANDS TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 219215 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIME TREE HOUSE, MOUNTLANDS, MOUNTLANDS TRUST (BOWDON) LIMITED

The operation of "Lime Tree House" which provides 24-hour Christian Science nursing care in a homely environment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ESTABLISH AND DEVELOP APPROACHES BY WHICH IT CAN MEET REQUESTS FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING CARE, AND TO SUPPORT AND WORK IN CO-OPERATION WITH OTHERS INVOLVED IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING ACTIVITIES FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS TO MEET NEEDS IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSING FIELD IN WAYS WHICH CATER MOST APPROPRIATELY FOR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. SUCH WAYS MIGHT INCLUDE THE MAINTENANCE OF A NURSING HOME FOR CONVALESCENCE OR AFTER CARE FOR STUDENTS OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE NURSES (AS DEFINED BY THE MANUAL OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST BY MARY BAKER EDDY).

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.

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Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,027,945, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of six months' running expenses (around £400,000). The charity reported a net gain of £2,480,294 for the year, driven largely by donations and legacies of £3,100,787, resulting in total reserves increasing to £4,141,891.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least six months running expenses (around £400,000) (reserves figure: £3.0m)
“Our aim is to hold free reserves amounting to at least six months running expenses (around £400,000)” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 28/02/2023

  • Government income: £1,816 — contracts £1,816 (1); under 1% of the £903,549 total gross income on the same return

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 28/02/2023 (received 22/04/2024, 116 days after the 28/12/2023 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.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Mountlands Trust Limited — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 23/08/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~34.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£3.5m£1.1m
29/02/2024£954k£925k
28/02/2023£904k£795k
28/02/2022£658k£718k
28/02/2021£659k£794k

Common questions

Is MOUNTLANDS TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,027,945, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of six months' running expenses (around £400,000). The charity reported a net gain of £2,480,294 for the year, driven largely by donations and legacies of £3,100,787, resulting in total reserves increasing to £4,141,891. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds MOUNTLANDS TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MOUNTLANDS TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include WESTMINSTER FUND, THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WESTMINSTER FUNDFY2025£2.9mGrants to institutions
WESTMINSTER FUNDFY2023£250k
WESTMINSTER FUNDFY2024£24k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£7k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021amount not stated
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025amount not stated

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
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MOUNTLANDS TRUST LIMITED£3.5m—0unclear—no doubt
LIFEHOUSE MINISTRIES FY2025£45k—0above—no doubt
LINGFIELD UNITED TRUST FY2025£26k——unclear—no doubt
THE WOODLANDS TRUST FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
LAKELAND HOUSING TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MINT HOUSE, OXFORD CENTRE FOR RESTORATIVE PRACTICE FY2025£82k—0above—no doubt

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