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THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 277697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making. Trustees Do Not accept any unsolicited applications

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£351k
Latest spending
£538k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted income decreased to £351,382 from £427,789 in the prior year, while total expenditure remained high at £538,142, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £818,857. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23,033 and an expendable endowment of £15,135,392, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future obligations without needing additional reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (100% of income)
“All income is derived from the Trust’s endowment.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: The Trust does not need to hold any additional money in reserve (held: £23k)
“It is therefore the view of the Trustees that the Trust does not need to hold any additional money in reserve.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Total income
£827k
Total spending
£896k
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reserves (reported)
£15.0m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~201.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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
05/04/2025£351k£538k
05/04/2024£428k£540k
05/04/2023£827k£896k
05/04/2022£1000k£1.1m
05/04/2021£464k£674k

Common questions

Is THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted income decreased to £351,382 from £427,789 in the prior year, while total expenditure remained high at £538,142, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £818,857. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23,033 and an expendable endowment of £15,135,392, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future obligations without needing additional reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION1£80k
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£60k
SF FOUNDATION1£33k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST£351k—0above—no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£842k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
SKELTON BOUNTY FY2025£116k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STOCKWELL/CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£565k—0unclear—no doubt
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£124k—0unclear—no doubt

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