JOHN A THOMPSON MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 235784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THOMPSON TRUST

The Charity provides for the relief of poverty, need and financial hardship to the elderly by the provision of subsidised accommodation, care and counselling and grants to individuals and organisations.

Objects

TO PROVIDE LIVING ACCOMMODATION FOR AGED POOR AND IMPOTENT PERSONS WITH POWER FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND BENEFITS (WHERE APPROPRIATE) AT A REDUCED CHARGE OR FREE OF CHARGE AND PECUNIARY OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SUCH PERSONS. (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £28,657 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £1,468,300 to £1,439,643. The trustees report that reserves of approximately £100,000 are deemed insufficient against a policy target of three to six months' expenditure, and income from donations has been limited. To cover the shortfall, £20,000 was withdrawn from investment accounts, with plans to restore these reserves as soon as possible.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIANE MARIE PEARSALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAULINE BRENDA ROBINSON
• Peter John Smithin
• SUZANNE EARDLEY-STIFF

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND.

• EDWIN JOHN THOMPSON MEMORIAL FUND income £34k
• THE THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £26k
• THE THOMPSON FAMILY FOUNDATION income £32k
• THE JAKE MEMORIAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £76k
• THE JOHN TURLEY MEMORIAL TRUST income £89k
• THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

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