KENNEDY MEMORIAL FUND

Charity number: 234715
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Kennedy Memorial Trust administers the Kennedy Memorial Fund commemorating President John F. Kennedy by maintaining a memorial at Runnymede and awarding scholarships to British graduate students to attend Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each year the Trust provides graduate students with tuition fees, health cover, a stipend & travel grant.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 April 2024

Total income: £292,366
Total expenditure: £691,526

People

10 Trustee(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:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 May 1964: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • KENNEDY MEMORIAL TRUST (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
SIR MARK JEREMY WALPORT FMEDSCI Chair 06 July 2015
None on record
Rupert Morley Trustee 30 September 2024
None on record
Professor Kirstie Blair Trustee 30 September 2024
None on record
Professor Shantashil Mitter Trustee 27 August 2024
THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES
Received: On time
Dr Tariq Baloch Trustee 10 July 2023
None on record
Professor Gareth McKinley Trustee 28 November 2022
None on record
Tilly Anne Franklin Trustee 27 September 2020
None on record
Matthew Philip Clifford MBE Trustee 01 February 2019
None on record
Moira Paul Wallace OBE Trustee 21 January 2019
None on record
Mary Ann Sieghart Trustee 01 January 2016
ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/04/2020 30/04/2021 30/04/2022 30/04/2023 30/04/2024
Total gross income £442.01k £279.21k £281.76k £773.89k £292.37k
Total expenditure £783.14k £314.30k £991.67k £803.99k £691.53k
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 N/A N/A N/A £158.85k N/A
Income - Other trading activities N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Endowments N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment N/A N/A N/A £72.92k N/A
Income - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Legacies N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities N/A N/A N/A £803.99k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Governance N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management N/A N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other N/A N/A N/A £0 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 April 2024 20 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2024 20 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2023 19 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2023 19 February 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2022 13 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2022 13 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2021 26 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2021 13 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 April 2020 20 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 April 2020 29 July 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.

APPEAL FOR FUNDS ISSUED ON 7 MAY 1964. TRUST DEED DATED 4 JULY 1964 AND AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 11 JULY 2007

Charitable objects

1. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GO AS UNDER-GRADUATES OR GRADUATES TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE OR THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. 2. TO SECURE AND LAY OUT A SITE ON RUNNYMEDE AS A PLACE TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UPKEEP.

Area of benefit

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

UNRESTRICTED

Contact information

Address:
3 BIRDCAGE WALK
LONDON
SW1H 9JJ
Phone:
02072221151
Email:
TIM@KENNEDYTRUST.ORG.UK
Website:

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