DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Registered charity 278775 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity awards an annual grant to the Council of Governors of Guy's Hospital Medical School, in accordance with the terms of the governing document.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN DENTAL SURGERY AND ALLIED SUBJECTS CREATED BY CLAUSE 9 OF THE WILL OF THE LATE FREDERICK NICKLIN DOUBLEDAY.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£2k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £17,455 and bank balances of £21,144 at the end of the reporting period. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. The charity also holds an expendable endowment fund valued at £938,652 which can be released to support activities.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks (reserves figure: £17k)
“The Trustees pursue a policy of maintaining a free reserve available to be spent in the furtherance of the charity’s objectives as well as covering future needs, opportunities, contingencies and risks.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 04/04/2026

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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
04/04/2026£26k£2k
04/04/2025£22k£22k
05/04/2024£0£0
05/04/2023£14k£16k
05/04/2022£18k£15k

Common questions

Is DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held free reserves of £17,455 and bank balances of £21,144 at the end of the reporting period. The trustees maintain a policy of holding free reserves to cover future needs, opportunities, contingencies, and risks. The charity also holds an expendable endowment fund valued at £938,652 which can be released to support activities.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP£26k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GARTH DOUBLEDAY TRUST FY2025£115k—0unclear—no doubt
FREDERICK GEORGE DRAY, RESIDUARY ESTATE TRUST FY2025£54k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DUNCREGGAN TRUST FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt
ALFRED CHARLES CUTHBERT PARKER WILL TRUST FY2026£63k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROWLAND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2025£378k—0above—no doubt

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