Holkham Charitable Foundation

Registered charity 278928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARL OF LEICESTER - CHARITABLE FUND, VISCOUNT COKE'S CHARITABLE FUND

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Objects

The Trustees shall pay or apply the income of the Trust Fund for the public benefit to or for such purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and Wales as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit, including by but not limited to:4.1 making grants which further the Trust Fund's charitable objects to charities, individuals who are in charitable need, and non-profit organisations, provided that any grants to non-charities must be restricted to use for purposes falling within the Trust Fund's charitable objects;4.2 relieving poverty whether by reason of age, infirmity or otherwise amongst the employees and former employees of any of the late Fifth Earl of Leicester, the Holkham Estates Co, Coke Estates Limited, the Benefactor or the Benefactor's wife, widow, or any issue of his, or by trustees on behalf of any of them, or amongst Parishioners of the Parishes of Holkham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Wighton, Warham, Quarles, Egmere, Waterden, South Creake, Burnham Market, Burnham Overy, Burnham Thorpe, Burnham Norton and Castle Acre in Norfolk.Any payment made to a charity may be for the general charitable purposes of the charity, or for a narrower purpose.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £4,223 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £5,456 to £1,233. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are retained at a level sufficient to generate income for distribution by way of grants at the discretion of the trustees.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Countess of Leicester Polly Maria Coke Countess of Leicester
• Peter Mitchell
• The Earl of Leicester

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).