Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE CYNTHIA DICKINSON CHARITABLE TRUST 

For or towards the relief of poverty or financial hardship for former technicians in the television and cinema industries and for the provision of grants to assist anyone studying to obtain technical qualifications in the television and cinema industries and for or towards such charitable purposes as the trustees think fit.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 20 years

02076389271

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
28/06/22£16£28£-12n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/06/21£13£31£-18n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/06/20£16£25£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/06/19£18£27£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
28/06/18£18£20£-2£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/17£17£11£6£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/16£16£9£7£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/15£17£2£15£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/14*£17£50£-33£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/13£16£7£10£0£0£0n/a00
28/06/12*£16£6£11£0£0£0n/a00
27/06/11£17£0£17£0£0£0NAN00
27/06/10*£17£14£3£0£0£0n/a00
27/06/09£21£27£-6£0£0£0n/a00
27/06/08£22£17£5£0£0£0n/a00
27/06/07*£21£34£-13£0£0£0n/a00
27/06/06*£29£0£29£0£0£0NAN00
27/06/05£23£4£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

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 10/08/2004, number: 1105419
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR14: 1 days late, AR12: 14 days late, AR10: 42 days late, AR07: 31 days late, AR06: 12 days late,
Main office

DRUCES LLP
SALISBURY HOUSE
LONDON WALL
LONDON
EC2M 5PS

Objectives

A) THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THEY THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR FORMER TECHNICIANS IN THE TELEVISION AND CINEMA INDUSTRIES AND FOR THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ASSIST ANYONE STUDYING TO OBTAIN TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE TELEVISION AND CINEMA INDUSTRIES AND FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.B) THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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