THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 242190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY IS PARTICULARLY SYMPATHETIC TO PROJECTS WHICH COMBINE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, WITH CHRISTIAN LAY LEADERSHIP, WITH THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT, WITH PEACEMAKING AND RECONCILIATION OR OTHER AREAS OF SOCIAL CONCERN.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£618k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £22,601,538 at year end, which the trustees consider appropriate given their reliance on volatile investment income. The charity does not engage in fundraising, relying instead on investment income to fund charitable grants. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has 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

Reserves policy: three to six months of annual expenditure (held: £22.6m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Kambos Consulting Limited

“During the year the charity paid a facilities charge of £15,000 plus VAT (2024 - £15,000 plus VAT) for office space and administation fees of £13,200 plus VAT (2024 - £nil) to Kambos Consulting Limited, a company in which a trustee is also a director of.” — page 22

“A family member of a trustee was employed as a consultant to carry out administrative duties to the value of £nil (2024 - £10,975).” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Family member of a trustee

“During the year the charity paid a facilities charge of £15,000 plus VAT (2024 - £15,000 plus VAT) for office space and administation fees of £13,200 plus VAT (2024 - £nil) to Kambos Consulting Limited, a company in which a trustee is also a director of.” — page 22

“A family member of a trustee was employed as a consultant to carry out administrative duties to the value of £nil (2024 - £10,975).” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£618k

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£22.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~236.1 months of spending — in the top quarter 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GEORGE WILLIAM CALVOCORESSIchair · trustee of 1 other charity
CAROLINE EUNICE EADY
ELFRIDA JANE CALVOCORESSI
Mark James Silver
SIMON CHARLES SAMPSON

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£618k	£1.1m
05/04/2024	£609k	£567k
05/04/2023	£3.5m	£515k
05/04/2022	£432k	£203k
05/04/2021	£410k	£324k

Common questions

Is THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £22,601,538 at year end, which the trustees consider appropriate given their reliance on volatile investment income. The charity does not engage in fundraising, relying instead on investment income to fund charitable grants. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH.

TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH income £141k
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP income £226k
THE CHARIS TRUST income £591k
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUST income £1.4m
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE A S CHARITABLE TRUST	£618k	—	above	—	no doubt
TOGETHER FOR CHRIST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS CHURCH FY2025	£141k	£30,632	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CORNERSTONE CHURCH GROUP FY2025	£226k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHARIS TRUST FY2025	£591k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£330k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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