THE CHRISTOPHER H R REEVES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 266877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Charity's areas of interest: in food allergy research, education and disability, residential care and development.Consideration for a broader range of charities in the area of North Bedfordshire and immediate surrounds.Future donations will favour charities already associated with the Charity.Successful applicants will receive a response.Appeals made in writing plus report and accounts.

Objects

FOR SUCH PURPOSES OR OBJECTS WHICH ARE FROM TIME TO TIME RECOGNISED BY LAW AS CHARITABLE PURPOSES ORGANISATIONS OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY THINK FIT.

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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Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £410,107 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven primarily by investment gains of £412,928. Unrestricted reserves increased to £3,785,796, which the trustees state is maintained to ensure sufficient investment income for future grant awards. The accounts confirm the charity is operating as a going concern with sufficient investments to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW EDWARD REEVES · trustee of 1 other charity
• EMMA ROYALL
• Jill Evelyn Nellis
• LUCY RAND

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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