TURNER DUMBRELL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 289474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TURNER-DUMBRELL FOUNDATION

Providing of grants to charitable institutions or for charitable purposes with particular reference to 1) the parish church, 2) education, 3) other purposes situated in the parish of Ditchling and in the county of East Sussex, and 4) the practice of preventive cardiology carried our either by the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAID INCOME TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES (WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO 1) THE PARISH CHURCH AND EDUCATION AND OTHER PURPOSES SITUATE IN THE PARISH OF DITCHLING AND IN THE COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX AND; 2) THE PRACTICE OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY CARRIED OUT EITHER BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELESEWHERE.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF DITCHLING AND COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX

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

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Latest income
£87k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered sound by the Trustees, with total unrestricted funds of £60,146 and a contingency reserve of £6,500. The Trustees report that management charges increased significantly due to extraordinary costs, reducing the surplus prior to donations, but anticipate a substantial increase in rental income for the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £6,500 (held: £7k)
“The sum set aside for this, in a contingency fund, is £6,500.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: East Sussex · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£87k£107k
05/04/2024£99k£84k
05/04/2023£81k£64k
05/04/2022£68k£65k
05/04/2021£48k£66k

Common questions

Is TURNER DUMBRELL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's financial position is considered sound by the Trustees, with total unrestricted funds of £60,146 and a contingency reserve of £6,500. The Trustees report that management charges increased significantly due to extraordinary costs, reducing the surplus prior to donations, but anticipate a substantial increase in rental income for the following year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TURNER DUMBRELL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TURNER DUMBRELL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCC.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Ditchling Streat and Westmeston PCCFY2023£4kupkeep of St Margaret's churchyard