THE CHARLES LLOYD FOUNDATION

Registered charity 235225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LLOYD TRUST

To defray the future cost of building, enlarging, modernising, repairing, decorating buildings belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in the trust area; the advancement of the religion in the trust area; and the promotion and advancement of music, either religious or secular, for public appreciation or in or towards National Catholic Charities operating in the trust Area.

Objects

1. IN OR TOWARDS THE COST OF BUILDING, ENLARGING, IMPROVING, MODERNISING, REPAIRING, DECORATING AND REBUILDING CATHEDRALS, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, PRESBYTERIES AND PRIEST HOUSES BELONGING TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 2. IN OR TOWARDS THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION. 3. IN OR TOWARDS THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF MUSIC EITHER RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR FOR PUBLIC APPRECIATION OR IN OR TOWARDS NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHARITIES OPERATING IN THE TRUST AREA.

Area of benefit: ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF WREXHAM AND MENEVIA.

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: Wrexham, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred an overall loss on investments of £64,266, resulting in a net deficit of £52,761 for the year. Despite this loss, the charity holds total net assets of £2,621,241, comprising a permanent endowment fund of £2,383,714 and designated funds of £237,527. The trustees confirm they have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 3 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• VINCENT RYANchair
• PATRICK GEORGE WALTERS
• RICHARD CHARLES AINSWORTH THORN
• STEVEN PAUL DAVIES

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Ceredigion · Denbighshire · Gwynedd · Isle Of Anglesey · Pembrokeshire · Powys · Wrexham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE C L LOYD CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE C L LOYD CHARITABLE TRUST income £64k
• LEEDS DIOCESAN TRUST income £13.3m
• LATYMER CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP TRUST income £104k
• THE CHARLES LANE TRUST income £55k
• THE LOTUS CHILDRENS FOUNDATION income £447k
• CHARITY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES ADMINISTERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONGREGATION OF THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS (LITTLEHAMPTON) income £2.4m

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