THE MAUD ELKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 263929 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Such charitable trusts and for such charitable purposes as the trustees at their absolute discretion think fit and with the intention (without prejudice to the generaility of the trust) that the income shall be applied by the trustees for charitable purposes in Desborough and the counties of Northampton or in either of them, and also Leicestershire and Rutland.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND WITH THE INTENTION (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE TRUST) THAT THE INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN DESBOROUGH AND THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON OR IN EITHER OF THEM.

Area of benefit: DESBOROUGH AND THE COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leicester, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £822,837, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy of retaining approximately one year’s net income. The charity reported a small unrestricted surplus of £11,917 for the year, while its total net assets decreased slightly due to investment valuation losses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by The Rowleys Partnership Ltd. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

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, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROGER BOWDERchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• KATHERINE ELIZABETH ALISON HALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL JONES · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Rutland

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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