Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE SPIRE CHARITABLE TRUST 

Distribution of funds to Charities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
Established: 5 years

ejike.ndaji@spiresolicitors.co.uk

01953606351

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/2018, number: 1180521
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Spire Solicitors Llp
5-7 Church Street
WYMONDHAM
NR18 0PP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE DISSEMINATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY CHARITABLE BODY OR ORGANISATIONS WITH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.(B) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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