Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE ELSPETH J THOMPSON CHARITABLE TRUST 

The Trustees welcome requests for Grants from registered charities operating in North Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board is completely 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
  • Spending is declining
  • 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£20£13£6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£18£16£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£16£18£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£18£22£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£24£27£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£19£16£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£18£11£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£15£12£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£17£26£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£10£19£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£8£14£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£406£3£403£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

wedonothaveone@email.co.uk

0152463371

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cumbria, Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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 24/03/2010, number: 1135158
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR12: 64 days late, AR11: 238 days late,
Main office

6 FENTON STREET
LANCASTER
LA1 1TE

Objectives

3.1 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.1 3.2 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 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

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WORLD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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