THE EARL OF DERBY'S CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 515783 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide charitable support firstly within the areas of Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria and secondly, nationally.

Objects

UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THEY SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF NORTH WEST ENGLAND.

Area of benefit: NORTH WEST ENGLAND

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 charity held unrestricted reserves of £962,659 against a policy to carry sufficient reserves for management costs and grant applications. Per the trustees' report, the charity generated £29,738 in investment income and spent £19,087 on charitable activities, resulting in a net decrease in total funds of £4,294 due to investment losses.

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.

• Risk management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Richard William Stanley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lord Edward John Robin Stanley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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