THE CHARITIES ADVISORY TRUST

Charity number: 1040487
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To; - promote charitable giving through Card Aid and the Good Gifts Catalogue - provide opportunities to help others through volunteering (Knit for Peace - knitting for those in need at home and abroad) - provide advice and practical help to charities to enable them to be more effective. - create and fund income generating activities which provide employment and are sustainable.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2025

Total income: £349,152
Total expenditure: £435,898

People

3 Trustee(s)

3771 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Angola
  • Dominica
  • Ghana
  • India
  • Israel
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Northern Ireland
  • Rwanda
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 August 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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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
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Sandra Fontano Trustee 02 December 2025
FRIENDS OF ANSON
Received: On time
Rowena Dunn Trustee 25 April 2018
None on record
DAVID RUSSELL Trustee 17 July 2014
NETWORK FOR AFRICA
Received: On time
VIVEKANANDA HUMAN CENTRE
Received: On time
CONGREGATION OF JACOB SYNAGOGUE
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024 30/06/2025
Total gross income £608.84k £714.49k £546.51k £365.00k £349.15k
Total expenditure £725.07k £763.83k £747.47k £567.54k £435.90k
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 £539.49k £637.10k £454.11k N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £44.43k £0 £77.89k N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £12.76k £66.65k £0 N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment £12.16k £10.74k £14.51k N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £542.65k £706.95k £732.90k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £182.42k £56.88k £14.57k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £7.65k £6.55k £7.20k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £292.84k £354.98k £338.23k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £10.38k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 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 30 June 2025 20 April 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2025 20 April 2026 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2024 21 April 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 21 April 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 03 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 03 April 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 10 May 2023 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 10 May 2023 10 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 30 April 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 01 May 2022 1 days late 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 OF ASSOCIATION AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON 29 JULY 1994

Charitable objects

(1) RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (2) ADVANCE EDUCATION (3) PRESERVE BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS OF ARCHITECTURAL MERIT (4) ASSIST CHARITIES SO THAT THEY MAY MAKE BETTER USE OF THEIR ASSETS AND RESOURCES BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO TRADING AND/OR FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES ON THEIR BEHALF (5) TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DEFINED IN SECTION 97(1) CHARITIES ACT 1993

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
RADIUS WORKS
BACK LANE
LONDON
NW3 1HL
Phone:
02077949835
Email:
people@charitiesadvisorytrust.org.uk
Website:

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