STOBART NEWLANDS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to charities and charitable purposes, mainly to Christian religious and missionary organisations. New and unsolicited requests are unlikely to be successful.

Objects

UPON TRUST FOR PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF THE ACCUMULATED INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND AND ALSO SO MUCH OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND AS THE SETTLOR MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME BY NOTICE IN WRITING AND/OR TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT THE SETTLOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME LIKE NOTICE DIRECT. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 1 AND 2 OF TRUST

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: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £2,185,095, up from £1,667,831 in the prior year, supported by total income of £1,189,050 against charitable expenditure of £671,786. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and note that the principal funding source, donations from J. Stobart & Sons Limited, is expected to continue. The auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts audited by Lamont Pridmore. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~39.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RONNIE STOBARTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• LINDA ELIZABETH RIGG · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Stobart · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD ANDREW STOBART
• Ryan Thomas Stobart

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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