PAUL LUNN-ROCKLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 264119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLR Trust

The object of the Charity is to make grants to any charity for any charitable purpose, at the Trustees' discretion, but preferably to those recipients likely to further Christianity, support the relief of poverty and assist the aged and infirm.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.(SEE FURTHER CLAUSE 2 OF TRUT DEED DATED 13 APRIL 1972)

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lancaster, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£57k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £111,461 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £2,006,885 to £1,895,424. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note that grant support has exceeded income receipts, a practice sustained by holding available cash reserves. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties or governance issues disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income
“Investment income Income from investments, other than interest receivable 57,036”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to maintain sufficient investments to produce an income that sufficiently supports the level of grants agreed by the trustees (held: £1.9m)
“The charity's policy on reserves is to maintain sufficient investments to produce an income that sufficiently supports the level of grants agreed by the trustees.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Costa Rica · India · Kenya · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£57k£102k
05/04/2024£57k£80k
05/04/2023£45k£139k
05/04/2022£49k£120k
05/04/2021£42k£129k

Common questions

Is PAUL LUNN-ROCKLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £111,461 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £2,006,885 to £1,895,424. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and note that grant support has exceeded income receipts, a practice sustained by holding available cash reserves. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no material uncertainties or governance issues disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAULINE AND HAROLD BERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PAUL LUNN-ROCKLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST£57k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAULINE AND HAROLD BERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
THE R S BROWNLESS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
ELH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2024£355k—0unclear—no doubt
HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£2.6m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.