MRS VERA LEIGH'S CHARITY

Registered charity 274872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MRS VERA LEIGHS CHARITY

Grant making charitable trust

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR OBJECT OR OBJECTS OR PURPOSE OR PURPOSES BEING CHARITABLE WITHIN THE LEGAL MEANING OF THAT TERM AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT AND IN SCH SHARES AND PROPORTIONS (IF MORE THAN ONE) AND IN SUCH MANNER GENERALLY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had net assets of £1,091,491 at the year-end, a decrease from the previous year's £1,160,398. The trustees report that the charity complied with statutory requirements and the Trust Deed, with no operational risks identified.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN HARVEY WOOLLCOMBE
• Terence Arthur Cole · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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