THE DOUGLAS HEATH EVES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 248003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Distribution of net income to charitable organisations within the UK.

Objects

INCOME TO BE APPLIED TO OR AMONGST CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash balances of £17,780 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated aim of holding approximately £20,000 to cover running costs. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,795 for the year, driven by total expenditures of £38,419 against investment income of £32,078. All funds are unrestricted, and the independent examiner confirmed no material issues were found during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The trustees’ aim is to hold sufficient cash balances in the income account to meet the following year’s running costs and maintain the level of March grant awards. This is estimated to be in the region of £20,000. At 31 December 2025 the charity held cash balances in the income accounts of £17,780” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: G C Rothwell, a trustee, is a director of the charity’s investment managers, Vermeer LLP. Management fees of £7,911 (2024: £8,028) were paid to Vermeer LLP in the year.

“G C Rothwell, a trustee, is a director of the charity’s investment managers, Vermeer LLP. Management fees of £7,911 (2024: £8,028) were paid to Vermeer LLP in the year.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
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
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.

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GERALD CHARLES ROTHWELL · trustee of 1 other charity
IAN WATSON MCKENZIE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£32k	£38k
31/12/2024	£34k	£39k
31/12/2023	£33k	£41k
31/12/2022	£39k	£42k
31/12/2021	£32k	£41k

Common questions

Is THE DOUGLAS HEATH EVES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash balances of £17,780 at year-end, which is below the trustees' stated aim of holding approximately £20,000 to cover running costs. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,795 for the year, driven by total expenditures of £38,419 against investment income of £32,078. All funds are unrestricted, and the independent examiner confirmed no material issues were found during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE DOUGLAS HEATH EVES CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DOUGLAS HEATH EVES CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include HAEMOCHROMATOSIS UK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
HAEMOCHROMATOSIS UK	FY2022	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARY ALICE HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST.

MARY ALICE HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST income £38k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £492k
DAVIS-RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST income £30k
LITTLE GIVING income £650k
THE DOUGLAS AND ELIZABETH HAWTIN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £26k
DO-IT TRUST income £241k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE DOUGLAS HEATH EVES CHARITABLE TRUST	£32k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
MARY ALICE HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£38k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£492k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DAVIS-RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LITTLE GIVING FY2025	£650k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE DOUGLAS AND ELIZABETH HAWTIN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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