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THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 800985 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£139k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported an overall deficit of £57,795 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by a significant drop in incoming resources compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted fund balance decreased to £438,143, while total net assets stood at £2,277,966. The trustees consider the unrestricted fund sufficient to cover management costs and maintain liquidity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% of income)
“Donations amounting to £100,000 (2024: £95,000).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year's management and administration expenses (held: £438k)
“The trustees consider it prudent to ensure that the unrestricted fund is sufficient to cover one year's management and administration expenses” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 21
“The Trust received an unconditional donation of £100,000 (2024: £100,000) from a related party during the year. In the previous year the Trust received a grant of an endowment fund in the form of an investment portfolio of £1,529,642 and a cash donation of £60,000 from the Schreiber Charitable Trust a trust in which G. Morris is also a trustee.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£101k
Cost of raising funds
£1k
Reserves (reported)
£472k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~56.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£139k£175k
05/04/2024£1.7m£101k
05/04/2023£48k£65k
05/04/2022£48k£48k
05/04/2021£46k£31k

Common questions

Is THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust reported an overall deficit of £57,795 for the year ended 5 April 2025, driven by a significant drop in incoming resources compared to the previous year. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted fund balance decreased to £438,143, while total net assets stood at £2,277,966. The trustees consider the unrestricted fund sufficient to cover management costs and maintain liquidity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST£139k—0above—no doubt
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£820k—0unclear—no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£222k—0above—no doubt
THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£129k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.