DOCTOR AND MRS ALFRED DARLINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 283308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Payment of grants to registered charities operating in the West Country. Charities with a medical bias. Charities concerned with nature conservation and preservation of historic buildings. Charities concerned with the care of the elderly. Charities concerned with the saving of life and the improvement of the quality of life of the handicapped. The Trustees have complied Section 4-Charity Act 2006

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION 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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £129,609 and has no stated policy for holding reserves. The trustees report that the trust's assets consist entirely of a professionally managed investment portfolio with a current value of £2,492,851, and all income is paid out to other registered charities.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• LLOYDS BANK PRIVATE BANKING LTD · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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