THE ASTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making of donations to other charities and education work in Uganda

Objects

FOR OBJECTS OR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net cash deficit of £578 for the year ended 5 April 2025. Per the trustees' report, all funds are unrestricted, and cash reserves at year-end were £254,766, which the trustees consider necessary to meet short-term spending commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level considered necessary to meet short-term spending commitments (held: £255k)
“Cash reserves are kept at a level considered necessary to meet short-term spending commitments.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Debdale Hill Ltd
“50 Debdale Hill Ltd £1 Ordinary shares” — page 8
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£42k£42k
05/04/2024£39k£55k
05/04/2023£34k£28k
05/04/2022£40k£32k
05/04/2021£39k£52k

Common questions

Is THE ASTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net cash deficit of £578 for the year ended 5 April 2025. Per the trustees' report, all funds are unrestricted, and cash reserves at year-end were £254,766, which the trustees consider necessary to meet short-term spending commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.