Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Spending falling: -1
  • but now stabilising: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified

THE ANCASTER TRUST 

The Funds of the Trust are to be applied for or towards such charitable purposes at suchtime or times and in such manner as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.The objectives are fulfilled by the Trustees through consideration of appeals and makinggrants or donations in response thereto.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be very static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period but has stabilised more recently
Established: 48 years

02079361910

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
05/04/23£111£102£9n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£99£66£33n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£90£79£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£93£101£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£93£133£-40n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18£92£124£-32£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17*£733£114£619£0£3,273£212.200
05/04/16£77£97£-20£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£96£88£7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14£85£83£2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13*£47£105£-58£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12£1,331£58£1,273£10£2,279£0n/a00
05/04/11£10£32£-22£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/10£18£26£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/09£30£34£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/08£31£32£-2£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/07£29£30£-1£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/06*£28£34£-6£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/05*£27£34£-7£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/04£28£30£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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 16/08/1976, number: 270822
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR06: 2 days late, AR05: 6 days late,
Main office

SAYERS BUTTERWORTH LLP
3RD FLOOR
12 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DW

Objectives

FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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