THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 277697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making. Trustees Do Not accept any unsolicited applications

Objects

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH AMOUNTS AS THE TRUSTEES ASHALL 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.

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

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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.

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 05/04/2025 (received 06/02/2026, 1 day after the 05/02/2026 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~201.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID BRYAN BERKELEY
• EDWARD JAMES BERKELEY
• Joseph Robert Dennis
• Rev JAMES HENRY AUFRERE LEGGETT

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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