THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 803299 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT THE TRUSTEES' DISCRETION: NO UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS CONSIDERED

Objects

TO SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS AND FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£569k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,917,003 from £1,601,445 in the prior year. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, 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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 policy and procedures
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
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£569k

Total spending

£114k

Cost of raising funds

£9k

Reserves (reported)

£93k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew David Evans
DIANA MARY BLACKBURN
MARK DAVID RICHARD SHAPLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
THOMAS MARK BLACKBURN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£569k	£114k
05/04/2024	£546k	£192k
05/04/2023	£370k	£164k
05/04/2022	£29k	£41k
05/04/2021	£142k	£136k

Common questions

Is THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,917,003 from £1,601,445 in the prior year. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£128k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£125k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£105k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£61k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£31k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£18k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£17k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£13k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£8k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£8k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£5k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£5k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£4k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£3k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£3k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£2k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£2k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£2k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£2k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£2k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£1k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£1k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£1k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£1k	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£980	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	Unverified read£800	Grant to the Trust itself (self-grant/administrative)

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KINGS CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

M I CHARITABLE TRUST income £21k
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST income £133k
BRADOST CHARITABLE TRUST income £39k
THE OAKMOOR TRUST income £31k
THE MAURICE MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST income £102k
ICHTHUS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUST	£569k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£21k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRADOST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE OAKMOOR TRUST FY2026	£31k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MAURICE MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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