THE GEOFFREY BURTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 290854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants are made to other charities or voluntary organisations the majority of which are in Suffolk.There is an emphasis on the Needham Market area and the environment.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME AND CAPITAL FOR SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND PROPORTION AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £621,885, which the trustees note enable the continuation of income distribution to charitable organisations. The trustees report that there is no requirement to hold specific reserves, aiming instead to spend all net incoming resources in the year received. The independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD DE BONNAIRE NASH
• KAY MAXINE NADJINA OAKES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Keith Richard Eric Cooper
• ROGER EDWARD NASH

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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