THE COUNTESS OF VERULAMS 1988 CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 800122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Objects

TO PAY THE INCOME AND ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL TO SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,196,253, which the Trustees intend to sustain to cover management costs and grant levels. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with adequate cash resources expected for the next twelve months. There were no staff costs incurred as there are no employees, and the charity relies on voluntary trustee service.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Earl of Verulamchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• COUNTESS OF VERULAM
• Viscount Grimston · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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