THIS CHARITY HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CHARITY COMMISSION REGISTER

Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS FUND 

    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
    04/04/21£208£72£136n/an/an/an/an/a10
    04/04/20*£225£22£203n/an/an/an/an/a5
    04/04/19*£63£38£25n/an/an/an/an/a5
    04/04/18*£33£188£-155£0£0£0n/a01
    04/04/17£35£111£-76£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/16*£443£132£311£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/15£28£34£-6£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/14£127£35£92£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/13£23£21£3£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/12£19£14£5£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/11*£22£15£8£0£0£0n/a00
    01/04/10*£17£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/09*£13£22£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/08*£11£10£1£0£0£0n/a00
    04/04/07£66£63£3£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/06£13£24£-11£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/05£17£24£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    05/04/04£12£21£-9£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    How it operates
    • Makes Grants to Individuals
    • Makes Grants to Organisations
    • Provides other finance
    Where it operates
    • Scotland,
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales, number: 286439
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Conflicting interests
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; AR20: 54 days late, AR19: 36 days late, AR18: 52 days late, AR16: 76 days late, AR11: 53 days late, AR10: 10 days late, AR09: 21 days late, AR08: 385 days late,
    Main office


    Objectives

    (A) THE RELIEF OF CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF THE GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES OR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE. (B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BEING OBJECTS WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ARE OF DIRECT OR INDIRECT BENEFIT TO THE PERSONS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS CLAUSE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF TRUST DEED DATED 14TH JANUARY 1983).

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase

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