THE YORK MERCHANT ADVENTURERS 1988 CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 700792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE 1988 TRUST, THE YORK MERCHANT ADVENTURES 1988 CHARITABLE TRUST

Advancement of education generally with particular emphasis on support and promotion of Enterprise Education in schools.Other charitable purposes as determined by the Court of Assistants

Objects

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND MORE PARTICULARLY ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATIONS AND ACTIVITIES; AND 2) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

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 generated a surplus of £4,509 for the year, with total income of £95,217 and total expenditure of £94,099. Free reserves stand at £248,786, which is significantly above the stated minimum reserve policy of £50,000. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• COMPANY OF MERCHANT ADVENTURERS OF THE CITY OF YORK

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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