THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 284782 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust makes donations and grants to other Charities and sponsors research programmes as the trustees determine at their discretion.

Objects

TO APPLY THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON SUCH CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ipswich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity holds total unrestricted funds of £8,357,691, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees consider the Charity to be a going concern, supported by significant assets including investments and property. The Charity's policy is to invest surplus funds rather than maintain separate reserves, as overhead costs are limited.

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.

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 31/12/2024 (received 02/06/2026, 214 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 28/05/2026, 574 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 05/06/2026, 1313 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~32.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTYN RALPH CARR · trustee of 2 other charities
• Marycita Jane Wilson
• SARA ANNE CARR
• STEPHEN RICHARD MALLETT WILSON DL

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

Operates in: Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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