ORMONDE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 259057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ORMONDE CHARITABLE TRUST

Makes grants to organisations with an emphasis on deaf and blind charities or those related to autism. There is an emphasis on smaller charities where our contribution is more likely to make a significant difference,and geographically towards North and West Oxfordshire.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE THEREOF TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,007, while the total net assets were £951,914. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to preserve capital and use only investment income for donations, noting that sufficient liquid reserves exist to fulfill objectives. The independent examiner confirmed no matters came to attention requiring further understanding of the accounts.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Luke Arthur Ponsonbychair · trustee of 4 other charities
• RUPERT SPENCER PONSONBY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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