THE MARTIN RYLE TRUST

Registered charity 327946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MRT

The Martin Ryle Trust exists to fund research and education on any aspects of reducing violence between states. Examples of this type of work are: research into the military and other major corporate influences upon universities; informing students and others of ethical career choices; conferences and other educational events; publications.

Objects

RESEARCH INTO THE SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL MEANS AND EFFECTS OF REDUCING VIOLENCE BETWEEN STATES AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THAT GENERALITY) NUCLEAR VIOLENCE AND TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE SAME AND THE NEED THEREFOR.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Martin Ryle Trust ended the financial year with unrestricted reserves of £32,752, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover administrative costs and statutory obligations. The charity's reserves policy aims to retain enough to cover three years of costs, estimated at £4,000, and the actual reserves significantly exceed this target. The accounts indicate no material deficits or going concern issues, with cash funds available to meet liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DR PHILIP ROWELL WEBBERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR JENNY ANN NELSON
• Prof. Timothy James Foxon
• Vanessa Spedding

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.