Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE DONALD MACKAY TRUST 

The charity supports the work of churches in the UK and East Africa, including the Training for Life programme for young people in Tanzania. It also assist with the university education of Tanzanians whon cannot afford it. It supports job creation through Equity for Africa. Various other donations are made to UK and international charities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

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
31/03/23£77£66£12n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£48£52£-4n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/03/21£49£44£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£24£22£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£10£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£16£21£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£15£19£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£14£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£7£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£26£25£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£15£15£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£20£22£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£15£17£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£25£24£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£24£24£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£19£19£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£22£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£6£8£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 36 years

jjelefroy@gmail.com

01782627300

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Staffordshire, Tanzania, Throughout London, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/12/1987, number: 298083
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 59 days late, AR10: 14 days late, AR07: 114 days late,
Main office

9 HIGHWAY LANE
KEELE
NEWCASTLE
ST5 5AN

Objectives

(I) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN N RELIGION (II) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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