FORD BRITAIN TRUST

Registered charity 269410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ford Britain Trust makes donations to undertakings concerned with the advancement of education and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community. Preference is given to organisations located in and working in areas where Ford Motor Company Limited has its present activities and a long standing association with local communities in the UK.

Objects

1. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY 2. TO PERSONS APPEARING TO THE TRUSTEES TO BE RESIDENT IN OR OBJECTS APPEARING TO THEM TO BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH ANY AREA WHERE THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY FOR THE TIME BEING CARRIES ON MANUFACTURE OR ANY OTHER PART OR PARTS OF ITS ACTIVITIES OR WHERE A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY OR ANY SIBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY FOR THE TIME BEING RESIDES.

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: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £316,826, which is below the stated policy target of maintaining resources for in excess of one full calendar year. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit (£32,217) for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding voluntary income.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 28/02/2025, 28 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Ford Britain Trust — “The Ford Britain Trust has been a proud supporter of UK communities since April 1975, funding projects that create positive change and advan…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• JANE LOUISE SKERRYchair
• DAVID STEPHEN RUSSELL
• Dr JUNE-ALISON SEALY
• Jenny Ball
• LARA TONYA NICOLL
• MS WENDY JAMES
• PAUL ROBERT BAILEY

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Bridgend · Essex · Hackney · Havering · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Northamptonshire · Redbridge · Southampton City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORD FAMILY FOUNDATION.

• FORD FAMILY FOUNDATION income £167k
• UK FUND FOR CHARITIES income £4.6m
• THE BROOMTON FOUNDATION income £3.0m
• THE LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
• BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS TRAINING TRUST income £122k
• PHILIP BARKER CHARITY income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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