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home >> charity search >> william kendall's charity (wax chandlers company)
Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

WILLIAM KENDALL'S CHARITY (WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY) 

The Charity makes grants in relief of need amongst inhabitants of the Greater London Area. It also operates a small grants scheme for general charitable purposes in the London Borough of Bexley, in partnership with Bexley Voluntary Services Council.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 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
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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
31/03/23£143£146£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£126£92£34n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£150£81£69n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£191£136£55n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£129£65£63n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£97£78£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£109£92£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£80£148£-68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£70£55£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£79£114£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£90£97£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£86£120£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£67£53£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£76£146£-70£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£101£164£-63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£99£57£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£104£32£72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£102£52£50£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£97£65£32£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£91£49£41£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 60 years

www.waxchandlers.org.uk

clerk@waxchandlers.org.uk

02076063591

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 16/17 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1964, number: 228361
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 0 days late,
Main office

WAX CHANDLERS COMPANY
WAX CHANDLERS HALL
6 GRESHAM STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AD

Objectives

1) ONE-HALF THEREOF IN RELIEVING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS FOR RELIEF IN NEED HEREINAFTER CONTAINED INHABITANTS OF GREATER LONDON WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. 2) AS TO ONE QUARTER THEREOF FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY AS THE TRUSTEES THINKS FIT WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF BEXLEY. 3) AS TO THE REMAINING ONE QUARTER THEREOF IN RELIEVING PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, SUCH PERSONS BEING:- A) MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY B) WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY;OR C) OTHER PERSONS IN SUCH CONDITIONS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON AND BEXLEY

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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