Finance Score: -9

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 0

Accounts overdue -5
Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -7

THE OSWESTRY DISPENSARY FUND

Make grants to sick poor persons resident in the Oswestry Area

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
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
30/06/22	*	£1	£0	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/21		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/20	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/19		£0	£1	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/06/18	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/17		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/16		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/15		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	NAN	0
30/06/14		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/13		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/12		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/11		£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/10		£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/09		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/08		£1	£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/07		£1	£0	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/06?		£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
30/06/04	*	£1	£1	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 62 years

01691659194

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Shropshire,

Who it helps

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 (8)

Gender Split

BETTY YVONNE GULL (Chair)

CYNTHIA HAWKSLEY

EMMA HUMPHREYS

PETER CARKEET-JAMES

WILLIAM E BOWEN

MRS JUDY BREESE, Other trusteeships: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, OSWESTRY, HOLY TRINITY COMMUNITY HUB,

REV HARVEY GIBBONS Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeships: EURE AND SMALE CHARITY, RICHARD WYCHERLEY FOR APPRENTICING AND ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE,

REV PAUL TREVOR DARLINGTON, Other trusteeships: EURE AND SMALE CHARITY, CHURCH SOCIETY, FELLOWSHIP OF WORD AND SPIRIT, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, OSWESTRY, HOLY TRINITY COMMUNITY HUB, OSWESTRY GOSPEL TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/1962, number: 212212

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission

Filing Record

18 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR20: 17 days late, AR18: 119 days late, AR04: 81 days late,

Main office

37-39 WILLOW STREET
OSWESTRY
SHROPSHIRE
SY11 1AQ

Objectives

BENEFIT OF SICK POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (FOR WAYS OF APPLICATION SEE SCHEME 7 JUNE 1955).

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF OSWESTRY AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT.

Data Sources

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