Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

LICHFIELD AND BILSTON DRILL HALLS TRUST FUND 

Managing Trustees make grants, at their discretion, to selected TA Units based within the County of Stafford (including those Units in the geographical area of the former County of Stafford) and the Staffordshire Army Cadets Force for such charitable purposes as are calculated to further their miliotary efficiency by improving the facilities and amenities of training and service.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/22£44£9£35n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/21£11£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£12£13£-1n/an/an/an/an/a11
31/12/18£12£24£-12£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£10£0£10£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/16£11£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£8£13£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£9£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£9£0£9£0£0£0NAN00
31/12/11£8£2£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10?£7£4£4£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/09£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/08£7£0£7£0£0£0NAN00
04/04/07*£6£17£-10£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/06£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
04/04/05*£3£0£3£0£0£0NAN00
04/04/04*£4£0£4£0£0£0NAN00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 59 years

wm-finance@rfca.mod.uk

01214275221

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City, Wolverhampton,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/01/1965, number: 246189
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 136 days late, AR05: 231 days late, AR04: 595 days late,
Main office

W M R F C A
TENNAL GRANGE
TENNAL ROAD
BIRMINGHAM
B32 2HX

Objectives

INCOME TO BE USED IN MAKING GRANTS TO ANY OF THE EXISTING UNITS WHICH ARE:- (B COMPANY 2ND BATTALION, MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS, TERRITORIAL ARMY, HEADQUARTERS COMPANY AND C (STAFFORDSHIRE) COMPANY 1ST BATTALION MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS, TERRITORIAL ARMY AND 210 (STAFFORDSHIRE) AIR DEFENCE BATTERY ROYAL ARTILLERY, TERITORIAL ARMY); FOR SUCH CHAIRTABLE PURPOSES AS ARE CALCULATED TO FURTHER THEIR MILITARY EFFICIENCY BY IMPROVING THE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OF TRAINING AND SERVICE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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