DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 277761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAYMILLS CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust does not accept funding applications. Instead, the trustees decide of their own motion which charities the Trust will support.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£414k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £9,928,435 at year-end, with the investment portfolio valued at £9,947,662. The charity reported net current liabilities of £19,227, a slight increase from the previous year, while unrestricted funds increased by £47,084 during the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not necessary to hold any particular amount in liquid unrestricted and undesignated funds (held: £9.9m)

“Against that background, the Trustees consider that it is not necessary to hold any particular amount in liquid unrestricted and undesignated funds. At year end, the Charity was compliant with this policy holding only a minimal amount of cash in bank.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Bradestrete Services Limited, a connected party, charged for administration, establishment and management expenses during the year on behalf of this Charity amounting to £8,570 (2024 : £8,787).

“Bradestrete Services Limited, a connected party, charged for administration, establishment and management expenses during the year on behalf of this Charity amounting to £8,570 (2024 : £8,787). Some of the Trustees may be connected to one or more of the organisations that received grants during the year. However, as all grants are approved on a majority basis and pursuant to a declaration and conflict of interest policy, the Trustees do not believe that such connections impact on the grant making process. Three of the Trustees are members of the Merchant Taylors' Company, which administers this Charity.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

IAN WILTON FERRES · trustee of 1 other charity
JOHN LESLIE WOSNER · trustee of 3 other charities
MARTIN GRAHAM BLAKE
PETER HOWARD WATKINS · trustee of 3 other charities
Peter Magill
Timothy John Graham

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£186k	£414k
31/12/2024	£224k	£421k
31/12/2023	£200k	£776k
31/12/2022	£159k	£469k
31/12/2021	£174k	£445k

Common questions

Is DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £9,928,435 at year-end, with the investment portfolio valued at £9,947,662. The charity reported net current liabilities of £19,227, a slight increase from the previous year, while unrestricted funds increased by £47,084 during the period. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FILEY FOUNDATION LTD	1	£330k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £172k
THE DECOY TRUST income £98k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST income £464k
THE COYSH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £100k
THE SIR WILLIAM COXEN TRUST FUND income £125k
FOUX FOUNDATION income £200k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	£186k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£172k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE DECOY TRUST FY2025	£98k	—	below	—	noted
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£464k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COYSH FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SIR WILLIAM COXEN TRUST FUND FY2025	£125k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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