THE PLANTERS' BENEVOLENT FUND OF CEYLON

Charity number: 298706
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The object of the Fund is to relieve poverty amongst persons of European birth who are or have been members of the planting community of Sri Lanka and their dependant relatives in need, restricted to the wives, widows and dependant children of such persons.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £5,457
Total expenditure: £14,330

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire
  • Hampshire
  • Somerset
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka

Governance

Registration history:
  • 18 February 1988: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Brigadier David James Innes OBE Chair 16 November 2017
None on record
NICHOLAS MARDEN Trustee 21 November 2022
THE NICHOLAS CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
MR JOHN WAKEFORD Trustee
None on record
DAVID MCCALL Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £8.23k £7.49k £5.80k £5.40k £5.46k
Total expenditure £20.04k £20.47k £15.12k £13.58k £14.33k
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

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 2024 07 June 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2023 30 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 09 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 05 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 03 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
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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.

RULES AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 29TH JANUARY 1988 AS AMENDED ON 19/11/2015 as amended on 04 Nov 2020

Charitable objects

"TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS OF EUROPEAN BIRTH WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE PLANTING COMMUNITY OF SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND THEIR DEPENDANT RELATIVES IN NEED RESTRICTED TO THE WIVES, WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF SUCH PERSONS"

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
6 Blofield Corner Road
Blofield
Norwich
NR13 4RT
Phone:
01603714501
Email:
pbf@acurita.com
Website:

No information available