Finance Score: -10
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -14 ?

THE COMMONWEALTH BOND CHARITABLE TRUST 

Facilitating multi-sectoral charitable relationships through cultural exchange between the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Advancing education, religious toleration and poverty relief within the context of delivering the sustainable development goals to tackle present existential and environmental threats. Providing prosocial support to underpin food security and food sustainability.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • This charity appears to be dormant
Established: 31 years

JOHNCARMICHAEL1@AOL.COM

01225 723199

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£0£0£00
31/03/22£0£0£00
31/03/21£0£0£00
31/03/20£0£0£00
31/03/19*£0£0£00
31/03/18*£0£0£00
31/03/17£0£0£00
31/03/16*£0£0£00
31/03/15*£0£0£00
31/03/14*£0£0£00
31/03/13£0£0£00
31/03/12*£0£0£00
31/03/11*£0£0£00
31/03/10£0£0£00
31/03/09*£0£0£00
31/03/08*£0£0£00
31/03/07*£0£0£00
31/03/06*£0£0£00
31/03/05*£0£0£00
31/03/04*£0£0£00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Barbados, Bath And North East Somerset, Bhutan, Bristol City, Cameroon, Cardiff, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Greenwich, Grenada, Hong Kong, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, The Bahamas, The Gambia, Trinidad And Tobago,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/12/1992, number: 1015518
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR19: 2 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR14: 27 days late, AR12: 0 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR09: 13 days late, AR08: 1 days late, AR07: 30 days late, AR06: 337 days late, AR05: 107 days late, AR04: 66 days late,
Main office

The Commonwealth Bond Charitable Trust
6 Gay street
Bath
BA1 2PH

Objectives

1) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AND THE TRIBAL DISTRICT OF FETE IN PARTICULAR AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GHANA IN EACH OTHERS CULTURE INCLUDING THE HISTORY LANGUAGE ART RELIGION MUSIC AND FOLKLORE OF THOSE COUNTRIES 2) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

GHANA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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