Finance Score: -13
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
    • No supporters identified
    Overall GiG Score: -13 ?

    THE DE COURCY TRUST 

    Supporting general charitable purposes
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    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
    • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • This charity appears to be dormant

    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*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/22£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/21£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/20*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/19*£0£1£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    05/04/18£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/17*£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/16*£0£1£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/15£3£6£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/14£8£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/13*£5£3£2£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/12£7£1£6£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/11£6£1£5£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/10£7£1£6£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/09£10£1£9£0£0£0n/a00

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

    08709 452495

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    This Charity appears to be dormant
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Grant-making foundations
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    Where it operates
    • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
    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 (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/04/2008, number: 1123707
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Investment
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    Filing Record
    15 returns made; AR23: 5 days late, AR20: 41 days late, AR19: 29 days late, AR17: 12 days late, AR16: 51 days late, AR13: 135 days late,
    Main office

    De Courcy Alexander
    31-35 Kirby Street
    LONDON
    EC1N 8TE

    Objectives

    1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.2 THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME, AND THE RESULTING INCOME, IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW 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:

    UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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