THE B G S CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 286063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

charity with general charitable purposes Charity does not actively fund raise. Makes charitable donations to institutions

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHATSOEVER AND WITH AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CHARGES POWERS AND PROVISIONS WHATSOEVER FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR THE FURTHERANCE OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCREATION FROM TIME TO TIME BY DEED REVOCABLE OR IRREVOCABLE APPOINT.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£205k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,799,129 and expendable endowment funds of £3,884,164, totaling net assets of £6,683,293. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity generates income from investments to fund its grant-making activities without actively seeking donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: level of reserves needed to sustain the income required to meet its annual grant-making objectives (reserves figure: £2.8m)
“The trustees have established the level of reserves needed to sustain the income required to meet its annual grant-making objectives.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Administration fee payable to a company where two trustees are directors.
“An administration fee of £3,420 (2024 - £3,646) is payable to a company of which R N Leslie and S C Barry are directors.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2023)

Total income
£567k
Total spending
£235k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~131.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£205k£108k
05/04/2024£202k£157k
05/04/2023£567k£235k
05/04/2022£186k£177k
05/04/2021£163k£78k

Common questions

Is THE B G S CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,799,129 and expendable endowment funds of £3,884,164, totaling net assets of £6,683,293. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity generates income from investments to fund its grant-making activities without actively seeking donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SAMJO LIMITED1£1.1m
HAEMOCHROMATOSIS UK1£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELIZABETH CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE B G S CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST£205k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ELIZABETH CAYZER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NANCY KENYON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£87k——below—no doubt
OIZER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£955k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.