CHARLES PLATER TRUST

Registered charity 309719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PLATER COLLEGE, OXFORD

The Trust awards grants to organisations for educational projects in line with Catholic social thought and teaching

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£147k

Latest spending

£554k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £7,718,850 at the end of the financial year, with all funds treated as unrestricted. The trustees confirmed that the charity had no employees during the year and that no trustees received financial remuneration. The filing indicates adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate financial reserves to meet its continuing charitable obligations and day-to-day working requirements, as well as to meet future commitments (held: £7.7m)

“Charles Plater Trust's operational policy is to ensure that it has adequate financial reserves to meet its continuing charitable obligations and day-to-day working requirements, as well as to meet future commitments.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

Archbishop Charles Phillip Richard Mothchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Andrew Francis Haines
Bishop Peter Gwylim Collins
Brian Joseph Mooney
John David Hayward · trustee of 1 other charity
Laura Maydew-Gale
MICHAEL THOMAS WALSH · trustee of 3 other charities
Matthew Wall
Oliver George Eric Smith
Philip Kenneth Roethenbaugh
Philippa Gitlin
Rev Paul McAleenan · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£147k	£554k
31/03/2024	£148k	£531k
31/03/2023	£201k	£364k
31/03/2022	£222k	£210k
31/03/2021	£167k	£276k

Common questions

Is CHARLES PLATER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £7,718,850 at the end of the financial year, with all funds treated as unrestricted. The trustees confirmed that the charity had no employees during the year and that no trustees received financial remuneration. The filing indicates adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£5k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLAISTERERS CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLAISTERERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
Plato Trust income £449k
THE PELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £249k
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST income £319k
THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £174k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARLES PLATER TRUST	£147k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLAISTERERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Plato Trust FY2026	£449k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£249k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024	£185k	—	within	—	no doubt
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST FY2025	£319k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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