Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -5 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

SCORFEN CHARITABLE TRUST 

To promote research into the causes and treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. To advance the education of the public by the promotion and encouragement of the arts.To promote the preservation and protection of the countryside for the benefit of the public.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 5 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23*£39£139£-101n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/22*£0£91£-91n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21*£28£47£-19n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/20*£29£74£-44n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19*£0£206£-206n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18*£1£143£-143£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£0£111£-110£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£7£30£-23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£15£66£-50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£8£35£-27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£107£34£73£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£7£27£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£7£44£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£12£30£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£24£31£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£18£38£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£48£54£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£16£30£-14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£14£17£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£4£134£-130£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years

01608663669

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2003, number: 1097683
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 35 days late, AR22: 8 days late, AR21: 64 days late, AR20: 54 days late, AR19: 340 days late, AR18: 30 days late, AR17: 16 days late, AR16: 4 days late, AR15: 127 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR08: 8 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

C/O COMPTON SCORPION
ILMINGTON
SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR
WARWICKSHIRE
CV36 4PJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:2.2.1 TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING FROM POOR HEALTH AND PROMOTE HEALTH IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY2.2.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND TO BENEFIT THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS (IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PURSUE ANY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE)2.2.3 TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE SAME2.2.4 SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT (THE OBJECTS)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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