THE URSULA KEYES TRUST

Registered charity 517200 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(i)Primarily (but not exclusively) for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area administered by Chester District Council.(ii)The dissemination and improvement of medical knowledge, skills and the care or treatment of patients whether in public or private hospitals or nursing homes (including hospices) or in their own homes.

Objects

1. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS FROM TIME TO TIME OF THE AREA ADMINISTERED BY THE CHESTER DISTRICT COUNCIL (IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FORMER CHESTER CITY AND THE PARISHES OF GREAT BOUGHTON AND UPTON) AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.2. THE DISSEMINATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND THE CARE OR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WHETHER IN PUBLIC OR PRIVATE HOSPITALS OR NURSING HOMES (INCLUDING HOSPICES) OR IN THEIR OWN HOMES.

Area of benefit: PRIMARILY CHESTER DISTRICT COUNCIL ADMINISTRATIVE AREA

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £909,572, which is significantly above its stated appropriate target of £250,000. The trustees attribute this surplus to aims of acquiring new investment property, providing larger grants, and protecting assets against market fluctuations. The financial review indicates a net movement in funds of £73,416 for the year, supported by rental income and investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN BRIMELOWchair
• Dr IAN RUSSELL
• Dr PETER REID
• EUAN ANDREW ELLIOTT
• Elizabeth Jane Redmond
• John A McLintock
• MR J R LEAMAN
• Sian Preston

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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