SHAFTESBURY CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 900073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Shaftesbury Charitable Trust makes grants to individuals and organisations to improve the life of people in Shaftesbury.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource deficit of £10,635 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,056,206 to £1,125,185 (including designated funds). Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient reserves to cover ongoing costs for a minimum of six months, and the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2021)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK ROWNTREE LL.B -SOL.chair
• Christina Phyllis Humphries
• DEREK LESLIE BEER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JAMES DAVID THRIFT · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jack Jeanes
• Jacqueline Ann Hodson
• Peter Richard Harding
• Philip David Tansley
• Richard Mullins

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

Operates in: Dorset

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