EQUITY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EQUITY TRUST FUND

Principal activities at the present time are to provide welfare and educational grants for professional performers. The charity also provides the services of a welfare rights and debt adviser for the benefit of professional performers.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS AND THE PROMOTION, PRESENTATION, PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS AND THE RAISING BY CHARITABLE MEANS OF FUNDING THEREFORE AND ITS PROVISION FOR SUCH PURPOSES. II) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE AND HEALTH (BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL) OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS AND FORMER PERFORMERS (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF BRITISH ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION) THEIR RELATIVES AND DEPENDANTS AND OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THEM WHO ARE SICK OR IN NEED OF SUCH PROVISION BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS AND TO RAISE AND DISBURSE FUNDS FOR SUCH 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: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £12,570,924, which is in excess of the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £450,000 (six months of operating costs). Although the charity reported an operating deficit before investment gains, it holds substantial unrestricted net assets of £12,651,174, primarily held in listed investments, ensuring financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Nyman Libson Paul LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Equity Charitable Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~200.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Steele
• Harold Finley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Louise Grainger
• Joseph Ballard
• Julia Carson Sims
• Nicholas Guy Chambers
• Roshani Abbey
• Shenagh Govan
• Stephen Nigel Gilchrist
• William Cummings Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• ED DE NUNZIO CHARITABLE TRUST income £118k
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• THE ELLISON-CLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST income £63k

Side by side with its peers

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