Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

THE GODMAN CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED 

The objective and principal activity of the charitable company continues to be the promotion and aid of such purposes as are recognised in English law to be exclusively chartiable. This is carried out by the directors/trustees maintaining a capital fund and allocating grants to various organisations and individuals out of the surplus income arising from the fund.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 47 years

01890850266

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£39£38£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£35£31£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£39£241£-202n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£41£17£23n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£48£26£22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£33£30£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£30£22£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£31£28£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£28£23£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£30£37£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£29£25£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£26£21£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£27£17£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£48£28£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£32£26£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£32£31£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£37£26£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£34£34£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£34£33£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/10/1977, number: 274191
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/07/1977, number: 01320900
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 96 days late, AR14: 340 days late, AR12: 55 days late, AR10: 45 days late, AR09: 62 days late, AR08: 31 days late, AR07: 77 days late, AR06: 0 days late, AR05: 37 days late, AR04: 81 days late,
Main office

BOWMONTHILL
MINDRUM
NORTHUMBERLAND
TD12 4QW

Objectives

THE PROMOTION AND AID OF SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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