THE BELLING CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 237187 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Distribution of capital and income for education, including scholarships and the relief of poverty to persons involved in the electrical appliance industry and their dependents.

Objects

(1) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT OF ALL PEOPLES WITH A VIEW TO ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING THEM TO PLAY AN INFORMED AND RESPONSIBLE ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£410k

Latest spending

£432k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £599,624, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining net reserves between £1.5M and £2.5M. The trustees consider the settlement has sufficient reserves to continue in operational existence for at least a twelve-month period. The independent auditors reported that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified 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

Reserves policy: maintain net reserves between £1.5M and £2.5M (reserves figure: £600k)

“To that end, it is the Trust’s policy to maintain net reserves between £1.5M and £2.5M.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: D P Chinn-Shaw charged fees and meeting expenses of £22,849 (2024 - £22,072) in respect of professional and trustee duties performed for the settlement. As at 31st December 2025 £8,858 (2024 - £5,844) was owed to D P Chinn-Shaw in respect of fees. During the year, the settlement incurred costs of £17,888 (2024 - £16,994) for administration services from Roundhouse Associates Limited, a company whose director is the sister of Mrs D P Chinn-Shaw. As at 31st December 2025, the settlement owed Roundhouse Associates Ltd £10,137 (2024 - £8,768).

“During the year, the settlement incurred costs of £17,888 (2024 - £16,994) for administration services from Roundhouse Associates Limited, a company whose director is the sister of Mrs D P Chinn-Shaw.” — page 19

“In addition, a scholarship in the sum of £3,000 (2024 - £3,000) was made during the year for the benefit of the son of trustee, Mr K Wright.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: In addition, a scholarship in the sum of £3,000 (2024 - £3,000) was made during the year for the benefit of the son of trustee, Mr K Wright.

“During the year, the settlement incurred costs of £17,888 (2024 - £16,994) for administration services from Roundhouse Associates Limited, a company whose director is the sister of Mrs D P Chinn-Shaw.” — page 19

“In addition, a scholarship in the sum of £3,000 (2024 - £3,000) was made during the year for the benefit of the son of trustee, Mr K Wright.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Pitts & SeeUs. 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.

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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for acting as trustee
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 22/10/2026, 356 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 22/10/2026, 721 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 22/10/2026, 1087 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD ERIC BELLINGchair
ALEXANDRA HORLOCK
DEBORAH CHINN-SHAW ACA
KEITH WRIGHT

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Enfield · Hertfordshire · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£410k	£432k
31/12/2024	£384k	£427k
31/12/2023	£382k	£399k
31/12/2022	£86k	£372k
31/12/2021	£37k	£487k

Common questions

Is THE BELLING CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £599,624, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining net reserves between £1.5M and £2.5M. The trustees consider the settlement has sufficient reserves to continue in operational existence for at least a twelve-month period. The independent auditors reported that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Pitts & SeeUs.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CORNWALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£258k
CHK Foundation	1	£238k
PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	1	£20k
S P LOHIA FOUNDATION	1	£13k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND	1	£8k
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST	1	£5k
THE IDLEWILD TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARLTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY.

CARLTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY income £148k
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION income £162k
BETHEL TRUST PORT TALBOT income £75k
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £403k
THE STARLING FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £578k
THE GIBSON FLEMING SCHOLARSHIP TRUST income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BELLING CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	£410k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARLTON EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEDEL - COLLINGS FOUNDATION FY2026	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHEL TRUST PORT TALBOT FY2025	£75k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BILTON EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£403k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE STARLING FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£578k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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