Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE BLACKFORD CHARITABLE TRUST 

The application of income for such charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may select and determine.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
  • There are only 2 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
  • 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
Established: 53 years

02072035000

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 Volun-
teers
31/12/22£10£13£-2n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£6£10£-4n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£6£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19*£5£8£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18*£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17*£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£5£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13*£5£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£6£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10*£7£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09*£8£5£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£11£5£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07?£10£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£8£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£10£7£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • 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 21/09/1971, number: 262958
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR19: 107 days late, AR18: 153 days late, AR17: 139 days late, AR14: 22 days late, AR13: 19 days late, AR10: 35 days late, AR09: 400 days late,
Main office

CHARLES RUSSELL LLP
5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD

Objectives

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SELECT AND DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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