THE SEQUAL TRUST

Registered charity 260119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POSSUM USERS ASSOCIATION, SEQUAL

The Sequal Trust fundraises to provide communication equipment to disabled people

Objects

The aim of the Association is the relief of persons who have speech, movement or severe learning difficulties and have problems in communicating which require the provision of augmentative speech aids.

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: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Shropshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The Sequal Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £7,522 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by a significant increase in investment income following a legacy from The Honeywood Trust. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,969, while restricted funds held £175,897 for future equipment provision. The charity's total fund balances increased to £1,254,099, supported by substantial investment assets.

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 2 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Sequal Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Cheetham
• JACKIE CHEETHAM
• Jeremy Sowter
• KEITH VERNON FORD
• Rebecca Cheetham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST.

• EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST income £367k
• HELPING DISABILITIES TRUST income £131k
• THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £589k
• THE INTEGRATION TRUST LIMITED income £395k
• SANCTUARY TRUST LIMITED income £3.2m
• DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) income £675k

Side by side with its peers

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