THE MANIFOLD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 229501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MANIFOLD TRUST

The purpose of the Charity is to make grants to such charitable causes as the Trustee sees fit. Grants are made only to other charities and it has been the practice to consider applications periodically throughout the year. Since 31 January 2013 the Trustee no longer considers unsolicited applications from third parties.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds total free reserves of £398,771 against a stated policy target of maintaining reserves sufficient for at least one year of planned grants. The filing confirms that the Charity's quoted investments are more than sufficient to meet this purpose, and the Trustee reports no material uncertainties regarding the going concern assumption.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00985695

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.

• SMITH, Thomas Oswald Rowan — director, appointed 23/09/2024not on trustee list
• SMITH, Matthew John — director, appointed 06/06/2017not on trustee list
• SMITH, Bartholomew Evan Eric — director, appointed 25/06/2014not on trustee list
• HARRIS, Adrian — director, appointed 11/03/2013not on trustee list
• WYNN, Andrew Guy — director, appointed 05/09/2011not on trustee list
• DURDEN, Alison Jane — secretary, appointed 01/12/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE MANIFOLD TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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