Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

    LOWESTOFT CHURCH AND TOWN ESTATE CHARITY 

    This Charity manages a portfolio of residential properties and investments with a view to generating income for distribution in pre determined shares to St. Margarets Lowestoft PCC, a Relief in Need Charity, an Education Foundation and a Reserve for General Benefit Charity
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

    Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

    • This charity only provides its support via other charities

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    05/04/23£109£109£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/22£116£84£32n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/21£118£75£42n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/20£110£51£59n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/19*£119£35£84n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/18£122£102£20£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/17£121£121£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/16£135£135£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/15£130£27£103£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/14£120£44£77£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/13£120£48£72£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/12£109£62£47£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/11£117£45£72£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/10£115£90£25£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/09£110£57£53£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/08£155£53£103£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/07£104£41£63£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/06£102£39£63£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/05£102£102£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/04£89£89£0£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 29 years

    01493 849200

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    Where it operates
    • Suffolk,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (12)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/1995, number: 1043557
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR19: 12 days late,
    Main office

    Norton Peskett Solicitors
    148 London Road North
    Lowestoft
    NR32 1HF

    Objectives

    TO APPLY THE YEARLY INCOME OF THE CHARITY AS FOLLOWS:- (1) ONE TENTH THEREOF IN AUGMENTATION OF THE INCOME OF THE LOWESTOFT CHURCH AND TOWN RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY (2) ONE FIFTH THEREOF IN AUGMENTATION OF THE INCOME OF THE LOWESTOFT CHURCH AND TOWN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (3) ONE FIFTH THEREOF AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT (4) THE REMAINING HALF THEREOF TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARGARET LOWESTOFT TO BE APPLIED BY THEM IN OR TOWARDS THE REPAIR AND UPKEEP OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF THE SAID ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SERVICES THEREIN AND SUBJECT THERETO IN FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THAT ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES AND THE SAID PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL THINK FIT

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE FORMER BOROUGH OF LOWESTOFT (AS AT 1 APRIL 1974)

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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