THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 297697 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£281k
Latest spending
£343k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is closing and winding up its operations, marking the final year of its accounts. During the period, the charity held £nil in unrestricted free reserves and £nil in expendable endowment investments, having distributed £175,800 in grants funded by transfers from its endowment fund. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“This is the final year of the charity's accounts, as the trustees have decided to close the charity and wind up its operations.” — page 3
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 05/04/2026

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
  • 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 05/04/2022 (received 15/02/2023, 10 days after the 05/02/2023 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 England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£281k£343k
05/04/2025£212k£243k
05/04/2024£333k£322k
05/04/2023£47k£177k
05/04/2022£80k£100k

Common questions

Is THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is closing and winding up its operations, marking the final year of its accounts. During the period, the charity held £nil in unrestricted free reserves and £nil in expendable endowment investments, having distributed £175,800 in grants funded by transfers from its endowment fund. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, confirming the accounts accord with the accounting records. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST£281k——unclear—not going concern
THE HARGREAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£169k—0unclear—no doubt
INTRUST FY2026£482k——unclear—no doubt
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£712k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MCGILVRAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2026£52k—0unclear—no doubt
MRS IRIS NOREEN SETCHELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt

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