FRAZER TRUST

Registered charity 235311 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOSEPH STRONG FRAZER TRUST

The trustees have power to apply the income of the Trust to, or for, such charitable institutions or other charitable objects or other charitable purposes. It is the aim of the trustees to support a very wide number of good causes and charitable objects.Applications for grants are considered by the trustees and distributions made where it is thought most appropriate and effective.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AT DISCRETION OF TRUSTEES.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £622,764, which significantly exceed the stated policy target of £100,000. The Trustees consider this level appropriate to meet governance costs and upcoming charitable distributions. The independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Armstrong Watson Audit Limited. Discloses 4 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 21.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clare Louise Barnett
• Edward Pybus
• MR R M H READ
• WILLIAM IAN WAITES
• WILLIAM NICOLAS HENRY REARDON SMITH

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

Operates in: 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 FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST.

• FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST income £102k
• GRAFF FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• THE FULMER CHARITABLE TRUST income £494k
• THE JFH CHARITABLE TRUST income £90k
• CHILTERN CHARITABLE TRUST income £27k
• THE UDLINGTON TRUST income £312k

Side by side with its peers

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