THAMES CHASE TRUST

Charity Number: 1115627
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Environmental regeneration

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£723,794

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Donations and legacies £513.36k
Charitable activities £173.83k
Other trading activities £0
Investments £36.61k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£665,676

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Raising funds £211.14k
Charitable activities £453.47k
Other £1.07k

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £395,005 from 5 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £212.21k
Charitable expenditure £453.47k
Retained for future use £58.12k

People

14 Employee(s)

9 Trustee(s)

90 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

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

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Barking And Dagenham
  • Essex
  • Havering
  • Thurrock

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 July 2006: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
05687558 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian Michael Pirie Trustee 28 November 2024
None on record
Paul Vincent McLoughlin Trustee 28 November 2024
None on record
Sarah Louise Luheshi Trustee 28 November 2024
None on record
Gary Anderson Trustee 22 March 2024
PARENTS' AID (SOUTHERN ESSEX)
Received: On time
HAVERING MIND
Received: On time
Stephen Michael Cantle Trustee 25 May 2023
None on record
David Walters Langley Trustee 06 October 2022
None on record
Nicholas Walters Langley Trustee 06 October 2022
None on record
ROGER CHARLES HIRST Trustee 29 June 2015
THE ST LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
Martin John Barkwith Trustee 15 January 2014
UPMINSTER RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £803.66k £855.67k £937.58k £763.06k £723.79k
Total expenditure £798.88k £677.09k £888.39k £737.58k £665.68k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £87.43k £286.00k £257.20k £279.44k £395.01k
Income - Donations and legacies £626.69k £428.62k £350.78k £377.40k £513.36k
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £175.60k £427.05k £586.71k £379.00k £173.83k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.37k £272 £98 £6.67k £36.61k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £330.18k £253.20k £401.35k £439.31k £453.47k
Expenditure - Raising funds £468.69k £422.95k £485.97k £297.11k £211.14k
Expenditure - Governance £903 £940 £1.07k £0 £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £940 £1.07k £1.16k £1.07k

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £276.98k £270.80k £266.64k £280.54k £292.57k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £682.90k £893.62k £889.66k £1.01m £994.02k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £497.13k £522.82k £465.50k £570.47k £512.19k

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 March 2024 28 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 09 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 27 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 27 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 09 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 16 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 17 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 09 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 09 December 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 25 JANUARY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 7 MARCH 2006

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE WITHIN THE LONDON AND ESSEX AND THAMES GATEWAY AREA AND BEYOND CONNECTED WITH THE ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LANDSCAPE AND IN PARTICULAR TO; 1) PROMOTE, PROVIDE AND ENHANCE WOODLAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; 2) PROMOTE THE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO WOODLAND OR FORESTRY PRODUCTS 3) PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF DERELICT LAND OR HARMFUL SITES; 4) PROVIDE OR HELP TO PROVIDE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURETIME OCCUPATION PARTICULARLY INVOLVING THE ENJOYMENT OF LAND AND WOODLAND AS A PUBLIC AMENITY (AND IN FURTHERANCE TO HELP TO PROVIDE SAFE AND CONVENIENT ROUTES AND MODES OF TRANSPORT FOR THE PUBLIC, FOR SAFE CYCLING AND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES INCLUDING NATURE TRAILS, RESERVES AND SANCTUARIES, HORSE AND CYCLE AND FOOTWAYS, PARKLAND AND VISITOR FACILITIES AND CAR PARKS) 5) PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR PLAYING PARTICULAR SPORTS 6) EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, IN ECOLOGY AND PROVIDE BETTER APPRECIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTS AND WAYS OF BETTER SERVING, PROTECTING AND IMPROVING THE SAME AND EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY; 7) PROMOTE THE ARTS WITHIN THE WOODLAND AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; 8) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE ECOLOGY AND USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ALL SPECIES LIVING IN IT; 9) PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE THE PHRASE "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" SHALL MEAN DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND IN APPLYING THIS DEFINITION REGARD SHALL BE HAD TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS, TO SOCIAL PROGRESS, WHICH RECOGNISES THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE; EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGH AND STABLE LEVELS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT. IN PURSUIT OF ITS OBJECTS THE CHARITY SHALL ENDEAVOUR TO ENGAGE THE PARTICIPATION OF ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY IN ITS ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit

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

LONDON AND ESSEX AND THAMES GATEWAY AREA

Contact information

Address:
THAMES CHASE
THE FOREST CENTRE
BROADFIELDS FARM
PIKE LANE
UPMINSTER
RM14 3NS
Phone:
01708642970
Email:
enquiries@thameschase.org.uk
Website:

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