THE MOODY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 326245 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trustees provide assistance to worthy causes which are brought to their attention. The main source of income is dividends on quoted investments and interest received.

Objects

TO PAY OR DIVIDE SAME TO OR AMONGST SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OF INSTITUTIONS OR TO APPLY FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES OR SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECT OR OBJECTS AS THE TRUSETTS THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

£37k

Latest spending

£11k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £36,705, primarily from investment management income and bank interest. Free reserves held by the Trust at the end of the year totalled £204,429, an increase from the previous year's £178,964. The charity made charitable donations of £5,000 and incurred other expenditure of £11,240.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Independent examiner reported that no minutes were kept in respect of Trustees meetings during the year.

“No minutes were kept in respect of Trustees meetings during the year, although the Trustees did meet to consider and approve grant applications during the year.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 15/07/2025, 257 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 15/07/2025, 623 days after the 31/10/2023 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

Catherine Anne Moody
Jennifer Louise Lomas
Sally Jane Ellis

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37k	£11k
31/12/2024	£32k	£51k
31/12/2023	£31k	£58k
31/12/2022	£26k	£55k
31/12/2021	£35k	£23k

Common questions

Is THE MOODY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £36,705, primarily from investment management income and bank interest. Free reserves held by the Trust at the end of the year totalled £204,429, an increase from the previous year's £178,964. The charity made charitable donations of £5,000 and incurred other expenditure of £11,240. 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
AMABRILL LTD	1	£50k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£36k
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE I S A CHARITY.

THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
THE D C TRUST income £321k
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST income £519k
THE MOETTE CHARITABLE TRUST income £60k
THE M O G CHARITABLE TRUST income £54k
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST income £88k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MOODY CHARITABLE TRUST	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE I S A CHARITY FY2026	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE D C TRUST FY2025	£321k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE M D AND S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£519k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MOETTE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£60k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE M O G CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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