Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

THE HINCHINGBROOKE FOUNDATION 

The Foundation is a grant giving educational charity supporting Schools in the Huntingdon area . It also provides financial assistance to students and former students of Schools in the Huntingdon area up to the age of 25 and Community Grants to local voluntary groups working with young people. In addition it supports the Almshouses in Huntingdon
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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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£297,000£271,000£26,0000
31/03/22£291,000£258,000£33,0000
31/03/21£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

hinchbkfoundation@gmail.com

01480375700

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • 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?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/03/2020, number: 1188401
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FOUNDATION OF HINCHINGBROOKE SCHOOL on 13/10/2021
Main office

THE HINCHINGBROOKE FOUNDATION
C/O HINCHINGBROOKE SCHOOL
BRAMPTON ROAD
HUNTINGDON
CAMBS
PE29 3BN

Objectives

THE FOUNDATION’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS; AND (2) TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR POVERTY.THE TRUSTEES MUST GIVE PRIORITY TO THE FOLLOWING BENEFICIARIES:I. FIRSTLY, TO PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS, WHO ARE ATTENDING OR HAVE FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AT ANY TIME ATTENDED AS PUPILS OF HINCHINGBROOK SCHOOL; ANDII. SECONDLY, TO STUDENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE EDUCATED AT SCHOOLS OR FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGES IN THE HUNTINGDON AREA. THE FOUNDATION’S OBJECTS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY:A) PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT HINCHINGBROOKE SCHOOL;B) PROVIDING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO BENEFICIARIES IN PRIORITY ORDER;C) PROVIDING GRANTS TO SUCH SCHOOLS TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY PUBLIC FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL WITH THE PROVISO THAT NOT MORE THAN ONE THIRD WILL BE AVAILABLE TO HINCHINGBROOKE SCHOOL;D) PROVIDING AN ANNUAL GRANT TO THE ST. JOHN’S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY IN HUNTINGDON;E) PROVIDING GRANTS TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS WHO WORK FOR AND WITH THE BENEFICIARIES IN PRIORITY ORDER; ANDF) PROVIDING OTHER GRANTS AND AWARDS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME TO BENEFICIARIES IN PRIORITY ORDER.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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