Register of Charities - The Charity Commission CHARITY ASSETS TRUST
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Charity Asstes Trust is a common investment fund established under section 24 of The Charities Act 1993. It follows an 'absolute return' investment strategy. This means that the Manager will not endeavour to track or 'outperform' a specific benchmark or stock market index, but instead seek to generate consistent positive returns regardless of the prevailing market conditions.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 15 October 2023
Total income:
£9,186,000
| Donations and legacies | £0 | |
| Charitable activities | £0 | |
| Other trading activities | £0 | |
| Investments | £9.19m | |
| Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£4,343,000
| Raising funds | £4.34m | |
| Charitable activities | £0 | |
| Other | £0 |
-£32,600,000 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
| Raising funds and other expenditure | £4.34m | |
| Charitable expenditure | £0 | |
| Retained for future use | £4.84m |
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1 Trustee(s)