Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 0

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: 1

THE RETIRED MINISTERS' AND WIDOWS' FUND

To assist necessitious persons who are: (1) Retired ministers or (2) Widows or widowers of ministers or retired ministers of unitarian free churches, congregational, presbyterian, united reform and of the baptist denominations in England and Wales. Grants paid can be either annual and/or one-off grants. They are at the discretion of the trustees following consideration of written applications.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
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

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
31/03/23		£47	£27	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/22	*	£41	£28	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£35	£31	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£47	£36	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£44	£30	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£53	£35	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£39	£36	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£38	£32	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£36	£34	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£36	£34	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£35	£33	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£33	£31	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£35	£31	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£41	£34	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£40	£32	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£39	£29	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£30	£30	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£31	£29	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£29	£28	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 60 years

http://www.retiredministers.org.uk

billallen1960@gmail.com

01438489171

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Poverty relief

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANN ELIZABETH SHARPLES Appointed: 2018

ANTHONY MALCOLM BAYLEY ACIB Appointed: 2014

MALCOLM JAMES JOHNSTON

PAUL ANTHONY DAVIS Appointed: 2015

REV MARTIN NORMAN WHITELL Appointed: 2017

ROBERT GEOFFREY NICHOLLS Appointed: 2020

DR DOREEN JANE WILLIAMS, Other trusteeship: DR DANIEL WILLIAMS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS DR WILLIAMS'S TRUST),

REV JEFFREY BOWES Appointed: 2017, Other trusteeships: THE MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP BENEVOLENT FUND, MINISTERS' PENSION FUND, THE GREAT MEETING HOUSE UNITARIAN CHURCH COVENTRY,

REV JULIAN JAMES MACRO, Other trusteeships: THE CONGREGATIONAL MEMORIAL HALL TRUST, THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH (WESSEX) TRUST LIMITED, THE CMW CHARITABLE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/1964, number: 233835

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR22: 8 days late,

Main office

107 LAVENDER SWEEP
LONDON
SW11 1EA

Objectives

TO ASSIST NECESSITOUS PERSONS WHO ARE: (1) RETIRED MINISTERS; OR (2) WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS OF MINISTERS OR RETIRED MINISTERS OF UNITARIAN, FREE CHRISTIAN, CONGREGATIONAL,PRESBYTERIAN, UNITED REFORMED AND BAPTIST DENOMINATIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

PRESBYTERIAN, UNITARIAN, FREE CHRISTIAN, CONGREGATIONAL, UNITED REFORMED AND BAPTIST CHURCHES.

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