Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Static board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -7

THE COUNTESS OF VERULAMS 1988 CHARITY TRUST

Grant making

Analysis by Giving is Great

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity only provides its support via other charities
There are only 3 trustees
The Board composition appears to be rather 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 36 years

office@grimstontrust.co.uk

01727846411

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
05/04/23		£34	£68	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/22		£29	£51	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/21		£29	£26	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/20		£35	£37	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/19		£33	£73	£-39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
05/04/18		£37	£59	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/17		£36	£31	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/16		£40	£27	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/15		£15	£66	£-52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/14		£17	£34	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/13		£13	£25	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/12		£1,005	£28	£977	£0	£1,210	£1,210	517.8	1
05/04/11		£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/10		£6	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/09		£8	£7	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/08	*	£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/07	*	£6	£5	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/06	*	£5	£5	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/05		£4	£5	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
05/04/04		£6	£7	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

COUNTESS OF VERULAM Appointed: 1988

EARL OF VERULAM (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: WEST HERTS ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION,

VISCOUNT GRIMSTON Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: WEST HERTS ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/09/1988, number: 800122

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR08: 12 days late, AR07: 32 days late, AR06: 17 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE J F E SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST on 07/02/2024

Main office

Maynes Farm House
Gorhambury
ST. ALBANS
Herts
AL3 6AF

Objectives

TO PAY THE INCOME AND ANY PART OF THE CAPITAL TO SUCH CHARITIES OR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

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