E B M CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 326186 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE E B MOLLER CHARITABLE TRUST

To support a wide variety of beneficiaries including charities involved in animal welfare and research, relief of poverty and youth development.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE OBJECTS GENERALLY AND IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £70,080,386, comprising unrestricted funds, with the majority held in listed investment portfolios. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on investment income and has maintained a policy of fully distributing income annually while retaining capital for growth. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment Income (98% of income)
“The Charity’s income during the year ended 30 June 2025 included dividends and interest amounting to £1,907,786”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: The Trustees do not consider that any minimum level of resources are required. (reserves figure: £70.1m)
“The Trustees do not consider that any minimum level of resources are required.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: No trustees received remuneration. No travel expenses were reimbursed. However, Moore Family Office Limited (connected to trustees Richard Moore and Francis Moore) charged professional fees of £128,450 plus VAT.
“No charges have been made to the charity during the year ended 30 June 2025 for the work carried out as trustees by Richard Moore or Francis Moore who are directors of Moore Family Office Limited. Moore Family Office charged professional fees of £128,450 plus VAT during the year to 30 June 2025.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Moore Family Office Limited, a company where trustees Richard Moore and Francis Moore are directors, charged professional fees to the charity.
“No charges have been made to the charity during the year ended 30 June 2025 for the work carried out as trustees by Richard Moore or Francis Moore who are directors of Moore Family Office Limited. Moore Family Office charged professional fees of £128,450 plus VAT during the year to 30 June 2025.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by R E Jones & Co. 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.

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 30/06/2025

  • 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 30/06/2024

  • 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 30/06/2023

  • 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£332k
Reserves (reported)
£70.1m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

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
30/06/2025£1.9m£2.2m
30/06/2024£1.8m£2.4m
30/06/2023£1.8m£2.0m
30/06/2022£1.6m£1.8m
30/06/2021£1.4m£1.7m

Common questions

Is E B M CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £70,080,386, comprising unrestricted funds, with the majority held in listed investment portfolios. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on investment income and has maintained a policy of fully distributing income annually while retaining capital for growth. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by R E Jones & Co.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST£1.9m—0above—no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£136k—0within—no doubt
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£146k—0within—no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt

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