THE COMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 280404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of charitable purposes connected to the Compton family and any other causes that the trustees wish to support, as long as the organisation is recognised as exclusively charitable.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY ITS INCOME TO ANY PURPOSE BODY ORGANISATION OR OBJECT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD ORGANISATION OR OBJECT IN ANDY PART OF THE WORLD WHICH UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND SHALL BE RECOGNISED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES 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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £973,209, with the trustees confirming adequate funds for administration and future grant-giving. The trust reported a net movement in funds of £12,160, driven by investment income and gains, despite an unrealised loss on investments. The trustees expressed confidence that the charity remains a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 10/03/2026, 33 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 05/02/2026, 365 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 21/03/2025, 410 days after the 05/02/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON SPENCER DOUGchair
• THE EARL Daniel Compton

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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