Marketing Skills Trust Limited

Charity number: 1001865
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Support and encouragement of education and training in the field of direct data and digital marketing.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £18,127
Total expenditure: £139,286

People

7 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 February 1991: Standard registration
  • 09 April 2024: Funds received from 1017040 GRAEME ROBERTSON CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • THE IDM (Working name)
  • THE DM TRUST LIMITED (Previous name)
  • THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECT AND DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED (Previous name)
  • THE INSTITUTE OF DIRECT MARKETING LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
02572091 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Risk management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Zara Valerie Easton Trustee 25 April 2024
None on record
Polly Jones Trustee 25 April 2024
None on record
Nicholas Larkland Barnaby Myers Trustee 21 April 2023
None on record
Colin Gillespie Trustee 21 April 2023
None on record
Fedelma Good Trustee 01 January 2023
None on record
Martin Troughton Trustee 11 November 2022
None on record
Mark Patron Trustee 15 July 2020
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £1.10m £7.17k £62 £62 £18.13k
Total expenditure £294.68k £454.73k £125.35k £125.35k £139.29k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.10m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £4.62k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £190.56k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £99.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £5.12k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £5.12k N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 15 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 29 August 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 30 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 13 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 01 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 01 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/01/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/03/2005 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/06/2006 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17/02/2011 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 04/08/2015 AS AMENDED ON 24 APR 2018 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 NOV 2018 as amended on 28 Apr 2022

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO PROMOTE FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN DIRECT MARKETING, AND MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION AS APPLIED TO INDUSTRY COMMERCE GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE AT ALL LEVELS AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIALISED, FOR PERSONS TAKING PART IN OR INTENDING TO TAKE PART IN DIRECT MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION PROCESSES, TO IMPROVE LEGAL COMPLIANCE AND BEST PRACTICE IN THE FIELD OF DIRECT MARKETING AND GENERALLY TO ASSIST IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING STANDARDS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
18 Beningfield Drive
ST. ALBANS
Hertfordshire
AL2 1UJ
Phone:
07802349596
Email:
kgould69@btinternet.com
Website:

dmtrust.org.uk