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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All female board: -3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -7 ?

MERRYLEGS CHARITABLE TRUST 

Provision of care, attention, and sanctuary to unwanted animals, and those animals in need. Re-homing of any animal that can safetly be re-homed inline with it's individual needs.We operate in Cambridgeshire and Fenland, with our veterinary practice based in Stanground.In the future we hope to provide therapy to people in the area who it may benefit.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants
  • 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 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely female
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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


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Established: 10 years

www.merrylegscharitabletrust.org

merrylegscharitabletrust@gmail.com

07923944619

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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
05/04/22*£421£99£322n/an/an/an/an/a10
05/04/21£101£107£-6n/an/an/an/an/a10
05/04/20£99£97£2n/an/an/an/an/a1
05/04/19£91£83£7n/an/an/an/an/a1
05/04/18£89£87£3£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17£94£98£-4£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/16£90£94£-5£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15£169£144£25£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Animals
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Peterborough City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2014, number: 1155405
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Paying staff
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; AR22: 58 days late,
Main office

104 Duncombes Road
Coates
Whittlesey
PETERBOROUGH
PE7 2DS

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AN MAINTAIN AN ANIMAL SANCTUARY FOR THE RECEPTION, CARE, TREATMENT AND REHOMING OF SUCH ANIMALS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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