THE BALNEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 288575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

?To collect rents from property and after expenses to make charitable donations in accordance with the Trust Deed?

Objects

TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPUSES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS IN SUCH PROPORTIONS IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED)

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Milton Keynes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £712,524, which is significantly above the trustees' stated minimum reserves policy target of £150,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £66,411 for the year, supported by £230,678 in charitable trading income.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT JOHN RUCK-KEENEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN GEOFFREY TOWNSEND
• MS HEATON

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

Operates in: Milton Keynes

Income and spending

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