Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

THE LETCHWORTH CIVIC TRUST 

The charity distributes its annual income by way of grants or loans to individuals, schools, clubs and other organisations living or operating in LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY to support need in education, training, health, disability, the arts, sport and recreation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

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£107£77£31n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/22£110£95£15n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/21£101£80£21n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/20£95£71£24n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/19£89£85£5n/an/an/an/an/a1
30/06/18£85£44£41£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/17£80£50£30£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£79£57£22£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£74£80£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£71£81£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£72£53£19£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£68£73£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£69£58£11£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£62£66£-4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£62£60£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£63£57£5£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£61£74£-13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06£184£55£130£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£48£44£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£47£38£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 47 years
(110 years as a company)

letchworthct.org.uk

letchworthct@gmail.com

07785104357

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Hertfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
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 (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 43-92
  • IAN MANTLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Nominated Governor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/05/1977, number: 273336
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1914, number: 00135234
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

5 Gernon Walk
LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY
SG6 3HW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE GARDEN CITY OF LETCHWORTH AND ITS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE GARDEN CITY OF LETCHWORTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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