THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 255966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

FOR PERSONS AS ARE FOR THE TIME BEING NECESSITOUS AND DESERVING THAT IS TO SAY ANY AND EVERY PERSON WHO (A) IS NOW OR SHALL AT ANY TIME HEREAFTER BECOME AN EMPLOYEE OF THE SETTLOR AND (B) HAS COMPLETED OR SHALL HEREAFTER COMPLETE ONE YEAR'S CONTINUOUS SERVICE IN SUCH EMPLOYMENT. FOR RESPECTIVE WIVES HUSBANDS WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF EMPLOYEES OF THE SETTLOR - FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1 (C)(I) AND (II) OF SETTLEMENT DATED 15TH MARCH 1968.

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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Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted income reserves of £56,781 against total funds of £2,198,256. The trustees report that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operations. Governance costs for the year were £7,650, funded from the unrestricted income stream.

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 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 15/05/2024, 100 days after the 05/02/2024 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

• BLENHEIM TRUSTEE COMPANY NO. 1 LIMITED
• BLENHEIM TRUSTEE COMPANY NO. 2 LIMITED

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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