THE FIRE SERVICE RESEARCH AND TRAINING TRUST

Registered charity 234873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promotes and assists research aimed at protecting life and property from fire and promotes and assists training of fire service personnel to secure and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the fire service as a whole.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST RESEARCH INTO THE METHODS OF THE EXTINCTION OF FIRES AND THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN THE CASE OF FIRE, TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE TRAINING OF FIRE BRIGADE PERSONNEL AND TO SECURE THE STANDARDISATION OF, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES OF VALUE TO THE FIRE SERVICES AND GENERALLY TO SECURE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FIRE SERVICES AS A WHOLE.

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: Stratford-on-Avon, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £315,699, a decrease from the previous year's £535,065. The trustees report being satisfied with the financial state of affairs, supported by investment assets valued at £6,652,709. The charity has no employees and relies on investment income to fund its charitable activities and grants.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alasdaire Hay
• Andrew Fraser Ledgerton Lynch
• Dr roger Harrison
• Mark Cashin
• Professor paresh Wankhade
• Robert Scott

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• REVIVAL FIRE MINISTRIES TRUST income £64k
• ENGINEERING SERVICES TRAINING TRUST LIMITED income £117k
• MOTIVATION AND LEARNING TRUST income £60k
• INSULATION ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING TRUST LTD income £297k
• RENTRUST FOUNDATION LIMITED income £168k
• THE BRITISH FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION income £58k

Side by side with its peers

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