EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 264667 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the charity is to provide assistance: To relieve poverty; To support educational establishments; To support religious education

Objects

TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£367k
Latest spending
£250k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £65,657 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,871,720. The trustees confirmed compliance with their duty to maintain appropriate reserves based on future commitments, though no specific monetary policy target was disclosed. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts were prepared in accordance with accounting records and the Charities Act 2011.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
31/03/2025£367k£250k
31/03/2024£215k£149k
31/03/2023£225k£143k
31/03/2022£183k£134k
31/03/2021£198k£127k

Common questions

Is EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £65,657 for the year ended 31 March 2024, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,871,720. The trustees confirmed compliance with their duty to maintain appropriate reserves based on future commitments, though no specific monetary policy target was disclosed. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, indicating the accounts were prepared in accordance with accounting records and the Charities Act 2011. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST as a grant recipient include SAMJO LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SAMJO LIMITEDFY2022£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST£367k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£589k—0above—no doubt
EMDEE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£198k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCHGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£313k—0unclear—no doubt
SIMPLE REASON FY2026£61k—0unclear—no doubt
FOUNDATION MATTERS FY2025£366k—0unclear—no doubt

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