Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

DEMPSTER TRUST 

The Dempster Trust assists financially individual persons resident in Farnham, those who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making one off grants of money, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • 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
  • 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£9£19£-11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£7£21£-14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£8£13£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/19£9£14£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£12£11£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£12£8£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£11£9£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£11£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£12£10£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£14£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£15£17£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£13£17£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£13£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£13£14£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£15£18£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 63 years

www.thedempstertrust.org.uk

joncurtis@thedempstertrust.org.uk

07701003026

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • 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
  • Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/06/1961, number: 200107
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 26 days late,
Main office

21 BROOMLEAF ROAD
FARNHAM
GU9 8DG

Objectives

(1) RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS. (2) THE TRUSTEES MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTIUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS. (3) IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO PERSONS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE THEREFOR WHO ARE RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT BUT IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OUGHT NEVERTHELESS FOR SUFFICIENT REASON TO BE TREATED AS IF RESIDENT THEREIN OR WHO ARE LOCATED FOR THE TIME BEING WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

FARNHAM PARISH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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