THE PRINCESS ANNE'S CHARITIES

Registered charity 277814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support charitable bodies or for other such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide and in particular those in which The Princess Royal has an interest. The Trustees do not make grants to individuals.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETON 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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£237k

Latest spending

£274k

Registered

1979

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,192,814, which the trustees consider satisfactory against a policy target of maintaining at least £100,000 in uncommitted cash to avoid liquidity issues. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £134,054 due to investment losses, though it remains fully funded with no staff or defined-benefit pension liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £100,000 (reserves figure: £8.2m)

“The reserves policy is to maintain reserves at the level of at least £100,000, to avoid cash flow problems due to timing differences between incoming resources and grant payments.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Legal fees paid to Farrer & Co, where one Trustee is a partner.

“The legal fees in Note 5 above were paid to Farrer & Co, the Trust's solicitors, where one of the Trustees is a partner. The payment is permitted by the Trust Deed, £7,157 (2024: £7,144) was outstanding at the year-end.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Conflicting interests
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
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER DAVID ROGER MORGAN · trustee of 2 other charities
Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith · trustee of 4 other charities
SALLY JENNIFER TENNANT OBE
VICE ADMIRAL SIR TIM LAURENCE KCVO CB ADC

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£237k	£274k
05/04/2024	£242k	£280k
05/04/2023	£260k	£280k
05/04/2022	£229k	£393k
05/04/2021	£359k	£234k

Common questions

Is THE PRINCESS ANNE'S CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £8,192,814, which the trustees consider satisfactory against a policy target of maintaining at least £100,000 in uncommitted cash to avoid liquidity issues. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £134,054 due to investment losses, though it remains fully funded with no staff or defined-benefit pension liabilities. 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
BRITISH HEN WELFARE TRUST	1	£15k
CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL RESTORATION AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST CIO	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST income £278k
THE PRIMROSE TRUST income £121k
HON CHARLES PEARSON CHARITY TRUST income £76k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
GRACE CHARITY income £44k
THE A.M. PERRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE PRINCESS ANNE'S CHARITIES	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOAN AINSLIE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£278k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PRIMROSE TRUST FY2025	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HON CHARLES PEARSON CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£76k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRACE CHARITY FY2025	£44k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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