Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 6
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

ROTARY CLUB OF THIRSK BENEVOLENT FUND 

fund-raising events to provide funds to make donations to Rotary International and also local charitable causes
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests 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
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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£33£33£0n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/22£38£30£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/21£9£10£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/06/20£16£15£1n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/06/19£20£32£-12n/an/an/an/an/a30
30/06/18£20£16£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£28£14£14£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£16£29£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£25£26£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14*£14£8£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£8£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£8£11£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11*£14£12£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£9£9£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£10£12£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08*£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£35£7£28£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06*£22£12£10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£26£28£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£12£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

charlesgill229@gmail.com

01845 574355

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
GiG Classification
  • Social clubs and similar
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • 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 (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/02/1967, number: 251298
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 27 days late, AR12: 29 days late, AR11: 3 days late, AR08: 32 days late, AR07: 18 days late, AR06: 4 days late, AR05: 3 days late,
Main office

Heath House
Moor Road
Knayton
Thirsk
North Yorkshire
YO7 4AZ

Objectives

INCOME TO BE APPLIED TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR AND NEEDY LIVING IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF THIRSK AS DEFINED AND DELINEATED ON THE PLAN THEREOF AT ROTARY HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE CLUB SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THIRSK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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