THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 327639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To apply the income resources of the trust by making grants for the benefit of one or more charitable institutions or individuals, including but not restricted to people with a disability or special needs, education, training or for such other charitable purposes at the trustees discretion.

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 · Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£184k
Latest spending
£108k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's unrestricted funds decreased by £347,694 to £5,647,392 due to significant investment losses, despite a surplus on income and expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the Trust has adequate assets to meet its obligations and no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves policy: distribute net incoming resources arising from year to year, with power to accumulate (reserves figure: £5.6m)
“The trustees intend to distribute the net incoming resources, which relate to investment income and realised gains/losses, arising from year to year, although the trustees have the power to accumulate all or part of such incoming resources for investment purposes or future grant making as they see fit.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Kirklees · Leeds City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£184k£108k
05/04/2024£183k£203k
05/04/2023£206k£233k
05/04/2022£172k£223k
05/04/2021£142k£102k

Common questions

Is THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust's unrestricted funds decreased by £347,694 to £5,647,392 due to significant investment losses, despite a surplus on income and expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the Trust has adequate assets to meet its obligations and no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£308k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KEN AND EDNA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KEN & LYNNE MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2023£540k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DIANA AND ALLAN MORGENTHAU CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£384k—0unclear—no doubt
EDNA BROWN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025£36k—0within—no doubt
THE KELTON TRUST FY2025£65k—0above—no doubt

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