RUNTON DOLPHIN TRUST

Registered charity 259094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant Making to support young people's activity and sporting holidays.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PROVIDING RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR THE YOUNG. B) TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. C) TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES BEING NOT LESS THAN FOUR IN NUMBER SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED EXECUTED WITH THEIR UNANIMOUS CONSENT DECLARE.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southampton, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted monetary assets of £659,703, which significantly exceeds its stated reserves policy target of approximately £180,000. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Total incoming resources for the year were £87,037, with the majority derived from donations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

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 05/04/2024 (received 28/03/2025, 51 days after the 05/02/2025 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

• ANDY HOUGHTON
• Christopher Stephen Gibbs · trustee of 4 other charities
• GRAHAM WOODWARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Wood
• ROGER ELDRIDGE

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Devon · Essex · Gloucestershire · Gwynedd · Norfolk · West Sussex

Income and spending

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• THE PHILIPSON DITCHLING TRUST income £39k
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