Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Gov Income
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 6

THE LITTLE GIDDING TRUST LIMITED

Furthering the advancement of religion particularly by pilgrimages to the church at Little Gidding

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received Government grants
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

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

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		£115	£118	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£126	£135	£-9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£105	£115	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/20		£108	£188	£-80	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£80	£128	£-49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£90	£85	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£88	£118	£-30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£84	£76	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£81	£73	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£71	£67	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£55	£71	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£57	£43	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£59	£51	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£54	£47	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£56	£56	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£55	£55	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£52	£44	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£69	£69	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£1,664	£0	£1,664	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 20 years

01832 293383

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 37-81

ASHLEY PHILLIPA MATHER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired Solicitor

THE VERY REVD DR PJW BUCKLER (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

CANON TIMOTHY MORRIS ALBAN JONES Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeships: THE PETERBOROUGH SCHOOL LIMITED, ANNUNCIATION TRUST, THE HASTINGS MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND, LIGHT PROJECT PETERBOROUGH, THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, SAINT PAUL AND ST ANDREW IN PETERBOROUGH,

DR JOHN CHRISTOPHER SIMMONDS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: None

DR THOMAS KEITH CARNE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor, Other trusteeships: THE CHURCH SCHOOLS OF CAMBRIDGE (THE OLD SCHOOLS), THE CAMBRIDGE ARTS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED, KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE,

REV OLIVIA CONSTANCE MAXFIELD-COOTE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders, Other trusteeship: THE ANGLICAN SOCIETY FOR THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS,

SIMON FRANCIS POTT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Chartered Surveyor, Other trusteeships: THE CHARITY OF SIR THOMAS AND LADY KYTSON, GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT, DOCTOR CLOPTON'S CHARITY, THE FENNELL MEMORIAL HOMES, BATTELEY AND SUTTON RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY, CHARITY OF SIR JOHN JAMES, GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT ALMSHOUSE RESIDENTS' CHARITY, GENERAL THE HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM HERVEY, GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE DAY FOUNDATION, THE ICKWORTH CHURCH CONSERVATION TRUST, BURY ST EDMUNDS HERITAGE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/09/2004, number: 1105821
Registered at Companies House on 17/06/2004, number: 05156430

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
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR05: 37 days late,

Main office

Ferrar House
Little Gidding
Huntingdon
PE28 5RJ

Objectives

TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY PILGRIMAGES TO THE CHURCH AT LITTLE GIDDING

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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