01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Trust
- Registered
- 17 July 2008
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £4,204,048
- Latest expenditure
- £5,930,072
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: BLUE COAST CAPITAL, SEYMOUR MEWS HOUSE, 26-27 SEYMOUR MEWS, LONDON, W1H 6BN
02 Activities
What the charity does
The income and capital of the Trust is to be used, in whole or part, exclusively for the benefit of charitable purposes at the discretion of the Trustees.The legally permitted objectives are wide and cover generally accepted charitable objects.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,204,048
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,930,072
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 29 October 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,195,277
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,619,978
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 25 October 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 25 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,221,467
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,141,355
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 October 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 6 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £134,953
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,252,405
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 14 October 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 14 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,062,640
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,827,375
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £4,204,048
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,930,072
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 October 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £4,195,277
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £2,619,978
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 October 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £6,221,467
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £6,141,355
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 6 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £134,953
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,252,405
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £3,062,640
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,827,375
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- Yes
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 0
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 12 October 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4015000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 189048
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4204048
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £9,031
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £5,921,041
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 5930072
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 9031
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 5819734
- Expenditure Governance
- 12288
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 110338
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 245153
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £5,170,165
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3365923
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 3365923
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,802,102
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,997,860
- Assets Current Investment
- 635924
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £5,170,165
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1958610
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1039250
- Assets Cash
- £4,159,019
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 5170165
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 5170165
- Count Employees
- 0
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 29 October 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 4015000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 180277
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 4195277
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £3,991
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £2,615,987
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 2619978
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 3991
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 2490025
- Expenditure Governance
- 12852
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 117100
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 175386
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £6,651,036
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4502235
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 4502235
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £4,405,019
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £2,256,218
- Assets Current Investment
- 4077460
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £6,651,036
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 1319343
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 936875
- Assets Cash
- £318,954
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 6651036
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 6651036
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 25 October 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 6025000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 196467
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 6221467
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £8,654
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £6,132,701
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 6141355
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 8654
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 5944195
- Expenditure Governance
- 12240
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 184919
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 234166
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £4,900,351
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5399447
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5399447
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £3,368,579
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £3,867,675
- Assets Current Investment
- 2584420
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £4,900,351
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 2792925
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 1074750
- Assets Cash
- £771,080
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 4900351
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 4900351
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 14 October 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 3015000
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 0
- Income Investments
- 47640
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 3062640
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £19,096
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £1,808,279
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 1827375
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 19096
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 1629170
- Expenditure Governance
- 13230
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 184975
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 0
- Gain Loss Investment
- 53833
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £10,349,470
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5656474
- Assets Own Use
- 0
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 5656474
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £5,171,726
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £478,730
- Assets Current Investment
- 3223070
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £10,349,470
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 448730
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 30000
- Assets Cash
- £1,933,626
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 10349470
- Funds Restricted
- 0
- Funds Total
- 10349470
- Count Employees
- 1
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2008-07-17T00:00:00
- Charity Name
- BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 2
- Event Type
- Asset transfer in
- Date Of Event
- 2021-08-18T00:00:00
- Reason
- Does not operate
- Assoc Organisation Number
- 5020976
- Assoc Registered Charity Number
- 1143792
- Assoc Charity Name
- JAMES LEWIS FOUNDATION
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- TRUST DEED MADE 12 JUNE 2008 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 20 NOVEMBER 2008
- Charitable Objects
- TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 359059
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- THE BERNARD LEWIS CHARITABLE TRUST
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures