THE HENRY LESTER TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 313892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HENRY LESTER TRUST

Grants and awards to persons from the Peoples Republic of China to study and research in certain specified fields at post-graduate level and above at UK Universities and hospitals

Objects

THE GENERAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE OF CHILDREN AND STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND NATIONALITIES, ESPECIALLY CHINESE.

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.

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Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£46k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,290,570 at the end of the financial year, representing a net surplus for the period despite an operating deficit. The trustees' report indicates that reserves are retained to maximize grant giving, with no specific monetary policy target defined other than maintaining the charity's primary aims.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain sufficient reserves to maximise grant giving (held: £1.3m)

“It is the trustees’ policy to retain sufficient reserves to maximise grant giving, each year, and thus maintaining, for the foreseeable future, the primary aims of the company.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00585533 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

GUY, Robert Lincoln — director, appointed 02/04/2026on trustee list
RIGG, Nicholas John Ashley — director, appointed 17/10/2024not on trustee list
MOFFETT, John Patrick Christian — director, appointed 14/01/2020on trustee list
MILLAR, Guy Mcintyre — director, appointed 25/10/2018on trustee list
BENNETT, Richard Ernest Tulloch — director, appointed 26/10/2012not on trustee list
MOORE, Jonathan Martyn — director, appointed 20/10/2010on trustee list
WARREN, Mark Rhoderick Wylie — director, appointed 22/10/2003on trustee list
HAMILTON, Andrew Charles — secretary, appointed 31/05/2018

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW CHARLES HAMILTON FCA · trustee of 1 other charity
Captain Robert Lincoln Guy
Guy McIntyre Millar
JONATHAN MARTYN MOORE
John Patrick Christian Moffett
MARK RODERICK WYLIE WARREN
RICHARD ERNEST TULLOCH BENNETT LLB · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£36k	£46k
30/04/2024	£42k	£76k
30/04/2023	£37k	£73k
30/04/2022	£38k	£82k
30/04/2021	£42k	£82k

Common questions

Is THE HENRY LESTER TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,290,570 at the end of the financial year, representing a net surplus for the period despite an operating deficit. The trustees' report indicates that reserves are retained to maximize grant giving, with no specific monetary policy target defined other than maintaining the charity's primary aims. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.