THE DAVID PICKFORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 243437 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the foundation are set out in Clause 2 of the Deed which states that the trustees shall hold the trust fund and the income thereof to pay or apply the annual income of any part of the capital of the trust fund to, or for, such charitable institution, or institutions, or other charitable objects, or objects as the trustees shall from time to time at their discretion select

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE ANNUAL INCOME OR ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION SELECT.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £136,701 for the year, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to a negative balance of £(4,681). Despite this, the trustees confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, citing sufficient total funds of £1,517,709 to continue operations. The charity's primary risk is identified as its sole source of income being its investment portfolio.

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 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2022)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/12/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELIZABETH JANE PETTERSENchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• PENELOPE Blackwell · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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