THE AGATHA CHRISTIE TRUST FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 260295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
1970
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,317, a decrease from the prior year's £108,957, following a net deficit of £5,640 after investment gains. The Trustees consider the current level of free reserves to be adequate for the future operation of the Trust and confirm adequate resources for going concern. The charity reported no employees and no trustee remuneration during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Matthew Prichard, the father of Trustees James Prichard and Alexandra Clementson, serves as a Trustee of the Colwinston Charitable Trust. Donations of £Nil (2024: £55,000) have been recieved from the Colwinston Charitable Trust.
“Matthew Prichard, the father of Trustees James Prichard and Alexandra Clementson, serves as a Trustee of the Colwinston Charitable Trust. Donations of £Nil (2024: £55,000) have been recieved from the Colwinston Charitable Trust. No amounts (2024: £Nil) were due to the Charity at the year end.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£52k£58k
05/04/2024£67k£74k
05/04/2023£27k£33k
05/04/2022£2k£7k
05/04/2021£52k£56k

Common questions

Is THE AGATHA CHRISTIE TRUST FOR CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £103,317, a decrease from the prior year's £108,957, following a net deficit of £5,640 after investment gains. The Trustees consider the current level of free reserves to be adequate for the future operation of the Trust and confirm adequate resources for going concern. The charity reported no employees and no trustee remuneration during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE AGATHA CHRISTIE TRUST FOR CHILDREN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE AGATHA CHRISTIE TRUST FOR CHILDREN as a grant recipient include COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50kA grant of £50,000, spread equally over two years, was offered to support their research into childhood Leukaemia.
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£50kSupport of Vivo Biobank at Blood Cancer UK, supporting research into childhood cancer
COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£40kSupport their research into childhood Leukaemia.