THE BACTA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is established to help people in the United Kingdom in need, hardship or distress as a result of local, national or international disaster or by their social and economic circumstances. At their discretion, the trustees can make grants for any other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RESIDENT OR TEMPORARILY LOCATED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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 accounts state that the Trust reported a deficit of £28,125 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £21,660, which the trustees describe as minimal, noting a policy to spend as much as possible on charitable activities. The trustees confirmed adequate resources to continue as a going concern, with no significant financial risks identified at present.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN STERGIDES
• James Miller
• John Anthony Bollom
• Jonathan Paul Lauder
• MARK NICHOLAS HORWOOD
• Nick Harding
• STEPHEN ROBERT HAWKINS

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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