THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 290273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making Trust only

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABE PURPOSES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS OR TO PAY OR TRANSFER THE SAME TO THE TRUSTESS OF ANY TRUST ESTABLISHED FOR SOLELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY 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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£107k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,463,948, exceeding the previous year's total. The charity generated a net income of £51,893, driven by investment gains, while maintaining a reserves policy aimed at covering annual expenditure and emergency grants. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed by the trustees.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient income to meet annual expenditure and cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants (reserves figure: £1.5m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds (free reserves) at a level which, on investment, generates sufficient income to meet annual expenditure and cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants which arise from time to time.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 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 31/03/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 24/05/2024, 114 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£40k£107k
31/03/2025£43k£67k
31/03/2024£47k£335k
31/03/2023£42k£178k
31/03/2022£171k£282k

Common questions

Is THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £1,463,948, exceeding the previous year's total. The charity generated a net income of £51,893, driven by investment gains, while maintaining a reserves policy aimed at covering annual expenditure and emergency grants. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed by the trustees. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MITCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST£40k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MICHAEL & NICOLA SACHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£69k—0above—no doubt
THE MICHAEL DEWHIRST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0above—no doubt
THE RICHARD MEINS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£180k—0unclear—no doubt
GOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£30k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAURICE FRY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt

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