Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

THE GORDON PALMER MEMORIAL TRUST 

Making grants, from the charity's annual income of approximately £12,000, to support young people and young people's organisations within the six unitary authorities comprising the former Royal County of Berkshire.
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

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/04/23£8£13£-5n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/22£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/21£11£6£4n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/20£12£12£0n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/19£12£11£0n/an/an/an/an/a2
30/04/18£12£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/17£12£13£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£11£11£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£10£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14*£10£10£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/13£8£7£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/12*£7£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/11£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/10£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/09*£7£8£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/08£8£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/07£6£10£-5£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/06£6£7£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/05*£6£2£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/04*£11£8£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 34 years

gpmt@balmore.myzen.co.uk

01189372281

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor And Maidenhead, Wokingham,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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 31/01/1990, number: 900224
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
  • Risk management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 3 days late, AR12: 12 days late, AR09: 47 days late, AR05: 147 days late, AR04: 85 days late,
Main office

THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE ARCHIVES OFFICE
9 COLEY AVENUE
READING
RG1 6AF

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE ADMINISTRATIE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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