Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

BUCKBY FEAST TRUST 

Buckby Feast Trust makes grants to good causes and other charities associated with the parish of Long Buckby. Funds are raised by the activities of the Long Buckby Feast committee during a week long series of events in the village.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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£12£5£6n/an/an/an/an/a70
31/03/22£5£4£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£0£3£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£4£7£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£13£10£3n/an/an/an/an/a100
31/03/18£4£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£9£8£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£15£14£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£9£12£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£12£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£15£12£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£8£11£-3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 16 years

01327843638

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 70 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Buckby Feast Trust
£3,529 23/10/2021
We promote community cohesion and wellbeing through a range of affordable or free activities. We give the money raised to voluntary groups in our village, in the form of grants.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2008, number: 1123312
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
Filing Record
15 returns made; AR14: 39 days late, AR13: 32 days late,
Main office

THE PEEPHOLE
4 HIGH STREET
LONG BUCKBY
NORTHAMPTON
NN6 7RD

Objectives

THE OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND VILLAGE OF LONG BUCKBY PARISH, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

VILLAGE OF LONG BUCKBY PARISH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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