BESTOBELL-MEGGITT WELFARE TRUST

Registered charity 284376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BESTOBELL FOUNDERS CHARITABLE TRUST

Relief of hardship, financial need or sickness of qualifying employees, pensioners & their dependants.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP, FINANCIAL NEED OR SICKNESS OF THE BENEFICIARIES (AS DEFINED IN THE DEED DATED 28TH JANUARY 1982).

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased significantly from £3,010,800 to £1,138,344 due to large capital donations and grant expenditures exceeding investment income. The trustees and auditors confirm that assets are adequate to fulfill obligations and there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 31/01/2024, 92 days after the 31/10/2023 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

• BESTOBELL FOUNDERS WELFARE TRUST LTD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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