THE MACDONALD TRUST

Registered charity 263489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports other charities carrying out charitable work in London (HIV positive families), Wales (with the elderly), Manchester (offenders, schools) and Norwich (teaching English).

Objects

SUCH PUBLIC CHARITABLE OBJECTS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAW OF GREAT BRITAIN AS THE SETTLOR DURING HIS LIFETIME AND IN DEFAULT THEREOF AND SUBJECT THERETO THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an income of £35,915 and total expenditure of £21,580 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm that funds were applied primarily to charitable grants and minimal administrative costs, with no indication of financial distress or dependency on external funding sources disclosed in the report.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr SIMON J F MACDONALDchair
• Alexandra Rose Gosling
• FIONA E R MACDONALD BOX
• HELEN A L GOSLING
• Thomas James Macdonald Gosling

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Manchester City · Norfolk · Tower Hamlets · West Sussex

Income and spending

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