THE COMINO FOUNDATION

Charity number: 312875
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

A grant making education charity working chiefly through its Comino Centres, carefully selected beneficiaries and a programme of Seminars & Consultations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £95,788
Total expenditure: £215,796

People

5 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 11 April 1985: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Deirdre Anne Halligan Trustee 18 April 2024
None on record
Professor Jose Chambers MBE Trustee 13 September 2021
None on record
Mumtaz Bashir-Hanid JP DL Bsc Trustee 07 May 2020
None on record
DAVID LEONARD PERRY Trustee 09 November 2011
None on record
ANNA COMINO-JAMES Trustee
THE POTENTIAL TRUST
Received: 13 days late

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £136.95k £388.37k £98.34k £93.47k £95.79k
Total expenditure £451.51k £373.35k £486.73k £967.82k £215.80k
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 05 April 2024 05 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 05 February 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 05 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 05 February 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 02 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 02 February 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 26 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 09 February 2022 4 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 19 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 19 October 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.

TRUST DEED DATED 1ST NOVEMBER 1971 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 2ND JUNE 1976 AND RESOLUTION DATED 20 JANUARY 2011

Charitable objects

(A) TO ENCOURAGE ADVANCE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF MANAGEMENT ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION. (B) TO SET UP EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AT WHICH PERSONS MAY OBTAIN EDUCATION IN THE STUDY OF SUCH SCIENCES. (C) TO CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO GIVE ASSISTANCE TO ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION ENGAGED IN (I) THE STUDY OF PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE; (II) RESEARCH INTO AND THE STUDY OF THOUGHT PROCESSES; (III) THE STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL DIFFICULTIES OF PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF SUBNORMAL OR ABNORMAL INTELLECTUAL ABILITY REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE; (IV) THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR TERTIARY EDUCATION.

Area of benefit

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

UNITED KINGDOM.

Contact information

Address:
137 Thetford Road
Brandon
Suffolk
IP27 0DB
Phone:
07904467625
Email:
administrator@cominofoundation.org.uk
Website:

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