Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE ROTARY CLUB OF KENDAL CHARITABLE TRUST 

To provide funds for the relief of poverty and distress to individuals or organisations approved by the Council of the Rotary Club of Kendal and to provide funds for the advancement of education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • 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

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
30/06/23£44£40£3n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/22£46£46£0n/an/an/an/an/a36
30/06/21£33£15£19n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/06/20£17£15£1n/an/an/an/an/a39
30/06/19*£15£17£-3n/an/an/an/an/a42
30/06/18£15£15£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£35£24£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£80£77£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£32£27£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£22£24£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£26£26£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£27£27£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£27£25£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£15£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£16£21£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£7£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£20£19£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£41£42£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£13£11£1£0£0£0n/a00

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

www.kendalrotaryclub.org

martjay@mac.com

01539560942

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other education services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Cumbria,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/02/1964, number: 233184
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 42 days late,
Main office

12 Long Meadow Lane
Natland
KENDAL
Cumbria
LA9 7QZ

Objectives

A) THE RELIEF OF PEVERTY AND DISTRESS EITHER BY DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPROVED CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OR FUNDS ALREADY EXISTING FOR THIS PURPOSES AS MAY BE APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES AND B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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