THE STAPLEDON MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 219430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE STAPLETON MEMORIAL TRUST

Provides travelling fellowships to support international educational exchanges by scientists involved in grassland-related research and allied agricultural science. Supports grassland-related education through sponsoring seminars and occasional speakers at conferences.

Objects

PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION.

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 total unrestricted funds increased to £605,998, supported by investment income of £34,981. The charity's reserves policy is to maintain sufficient reserves to fulfil future obligations, with no specific numerical target stated. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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 5 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
• Investing charity funds 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).

• AHDB — “AHDB and the Stapledon Memorial Trust are working together to award a bursary of up to £9000” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cairistiona Ashworth
• Professor Margaret Gill
• Professor Philip Matthew Haygarth
• Ray Keatinge

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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