THE VERDON-SMITH FAMILY CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 284919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes, primarily in Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire

Objects

FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £48,455, while the trustees' policy is to preserve capital by ensuring grants and overheads do not exceed generated income. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £(2,256) due to unrealised investment losses, though total net assets remained substantial at £759,907. The trustees confirmed 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 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.

• 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
• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILLIAM GEORGE VERDON-SMITHchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• DIANA NAPIER COMPTON VERDON-SMITH
• ELIZABETH JANE WHITE
• George Philip James White

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Somerset · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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