THE MELBOURNE GARDENS CHARITY CAPITAL TRUST

Registered charity 516718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Maintenance and management of Melbourne Hall gardens

Objects

TO APPLY THE TRUST FUND AND THE TRUST INCOME IN LAYING OUT PLANTING, IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, PRESERVATION AND UPKEEP OF THE TRUST LAND AS A GARDEN IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year ended 5 April 2025, with direct charitable expenditure and management expenses totaling £58,273 against gross income of £54,041. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted funds increased to £142,511, supported by investment assets valued at £320,074, despite current liabilities exceeding current assets. The trustees note that where expenditure exceeded trust income, the difference was held as a creditor to be reimbursed by The Melbourne Trust.

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.

• Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

• LADY MARIE CLAIRE KERR
• LORD RALPH WILLIAM FRANCIS JOSEPH KERR · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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