THE BOWER TRUST
Charity number: 283025
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Activities involve making grants in the main for general charitable purposes .
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 05 April 2025
Total income: £154,103
Total expenditure: £68,057
People
3 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
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:
- General Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
Governance
Registration history:
- 25 August 1981: Standard registration
- 16 July 2019: Funds received from 231859 CHRISTOPHER CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
No other names
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
- Investment
- 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
3 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||||
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| MRS TINA BENFIELD | Chair |
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| JACK CHRISTOPHER BENFIELD | Trustee |
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| ROBERT DAVID BENFIELD | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 05/04/2021 | 05/04/2022 | 05/04/2023 | 05/04/2024 | 05/04/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £45.29k | £43.60k | £72.04k | £62.17k | £154.10k | |
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Total expenditure | £50.42k | £42.40k | £32.68k | £30.98k | £68.06k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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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 |
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| Annual return | 05 April 2025 | 30 January 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 05 April 2025 | 30 January 2026 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 05 April 2024 | 23 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 05 April 2024 | 23 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 05 April 2023 | 27 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 05 April 2023 | 27 October 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 05 April 2022 | 14 August 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 05 April 2022 | 14 August 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 05 April 2021 | 23 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 05 April 2021 | 23 September 2021 | On time | Download Open in new window |