Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

PILTON UNITED CHARITY 

To provide and maintain housing for poor persons from the ancient Parish of Pilton. To provide relief for residents in need from the ancient Parish of Pilton. To provide any other charitable purpose to benefit the inhabitants of the ancient Parish of Pilton.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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
Established: 61 years

terry@chaplin.eclipse.co.uk

01271342590

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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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
31/12/23£223£208£15n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/22£210£147£63n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£192£188£4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£174£196£-22n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£158£189£-31n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£146£142£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£139£122£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£124£151£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£115£157£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£102£243£-141£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£96£126£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£96£76£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£93£95£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£89£65£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£85£92£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£86£82£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£84£68£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£85£126£-41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£70£65£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£66£62£3£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Devon,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/07/1963, number: 218538
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

LITTLE ORCHARD
BRAUNTON ROAD
BARNSTAPLE
EX31 1GA

Objectives

(1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE UNITED CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. (2) FOR RELIEF IN NEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS (3) FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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