THE TED ELLIS TRUST

Registered charity 296966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ted Ellis Trust maintains a nature reserve at Wheatfen Broad, Surlingham in the Yare Valley SSSI in Norfolk with extensive walks open to the public all year round. The Friends of the Trust organise fund raising events and run courses, mainly on natural history. The warden also leads guided walks and give talks.

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Latest income

£99k

Latest spending

£138k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,192,081 against a policy aim to cover annual expenditure with annual income. The charity reported a net deficit of £14,743 for the year, primarily due to significant investment management costs and charitable expenditure exceeding income from donations and grants.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: cover annual expenditure on the reserve with annual income including investment income, taking one year with another (held: £1.2m)

“It remains the Trustees' aim to cover annual expenditure on the reserve with annual income including investment income, taking one year with another, rather than to fund expenditure deficits by realisation of liquid assets, and so diminish a source of regular income.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

SALLY-ANN MEADOWSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Alistair Richard Meadows · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr DANIEL JOHN HOARE
Jeremy Slynn · trustee of 1 other charity
John Nicholas Wilson
Lesley Hall
MR R ELLIS
Richard John Thomas Hobbs
Scott Laing Perkin

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£99k	£138k
31/12/2023	£103k	£82k
31/12/2022	£119k	£82k
31/12/2021	£276k	£88k
31/12/2020	£130k	£119k

Common questions

Is THE TED ELLIS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,192,081 against a policy aim to cover annual expenditure with annual income. The charity reported a net deficit of £14,743 for the year, primarily due to significant investment management costs and charitable expenditure exceeding income from donations and grants. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE TED ELLIS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TED ELLIS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£25k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£8k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£8k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k