Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

CHRISTOPHER AND ELSPETH THOMAS CHARITABLE TRUST 

The charity has general charitable purposes supporting individuals of all ages and backgrounds in Education, Sport, Health and Religion. It supports people of all ages and backgrounds and charities working in the UK and Internationally.The Trustees will look carefully at any applications for funding from charities working in the East of England.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • 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
31/12/22*£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£10£11£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£10£14£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£10£12£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£10£4£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£2£7£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£0£5£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£1£10£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£5£11£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£5£20£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£1£3£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£1£6£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£2£6£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3£9£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 39 years

gecthomas@hotmail.com

01480810224

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
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?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1985, number: 326773
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 90 days late, AR18: 133 days late,
Main office

Dower House
Stirtloe
ST. NEOTS
PE19 5XW

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST IN THEIR DISCRETION TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF TO OR FOR THE LEGALLY CHARITABLE BODIES, INSTITUTIONS OR PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN THE THIRD SCHEDULE HERETO AND SUBJECT AS AFORESAID UPON TRUST FOR SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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