Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: -6

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -9

THE HON M L ASTOR'S CHARITABLE TRUST

AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY ANY PART OF THE INCOME OR CAPITAL TO SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR FUNDS AS THEY DECIDE

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
Income has been volatile recently

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
28/07/23		£16	£15	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/07/22		£14	£22	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/07/21		£14	£15	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/07/20		£21	£17	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/07/19		£23	£18	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/07/18		£22	£21	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/17		£21	£25	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/16		£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/15		£21	£18	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/14		£20	£25	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/13		£14	£24	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/12		£16	£19	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/11		£21	£23	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/10		£21	£22	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/09		£28	£10	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/08	*	£27	£20	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/07		£22	£28	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/06		£20	£21	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/05		£19	£18	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
28/07/04		£19	£13	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 60 years

07968 721373

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Gender Split

JAMES COLONSAY LANGHORNE ASTOR

DAVID WALDORF ASTOR, Other trusteeship: Wychwood Forest Trust Ltd,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/06/1964, number: 214238

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR08: 18 days late,

Main office

BRUERN GRANGE
MILTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD
CHIPPING NORTON
OX7 6HA

Objectives

TO APPLY THE INCOME TO SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE INSTITUTONS, BODIES OR FUNDS OR FOR SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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