FORSTER INSTITUTE
Charity number: 247534
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
TABLE TENNIS, DANCING (VARIOUS FORMS), PILATES, RAINBOW CLUB, BAND (FOR PRACTICE ONLY),YOGA/TAI CHI, MEETINGS, PENSIONERS' CLUB (VARIOUS ACTIVITIES), YOUTH THEATRE GROUP.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025
Total income: £22,746
Total expenditure: £18,237
People
5 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
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
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Amateur Sport
- 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:
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
- Central Bedfordshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 13 July 1966: 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:
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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
5 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Grace Blake | Trustee | 10 November 2023 |
|
|
||||
| John Harvey Allsopp | Trustee | 14 March 2019 |
|
|
||||
| Vivienne Mary Allsopp | Trustee | 03 May 2016 |
|
|
||||
| Ian Fisher | Trustee | 15 August 2014 |
|
|
||||
| SUZANNE GWENDOLINE FISHER | Trustee |
|
|
|||||
Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | 31/03/2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Total gross income | £22.55k | £24.92k | £23.85k | £24.29k | £22.75k | |
|
|
Total expenditure | £8.44k | £10.33k | £12.45k | £12.29k | £18.24k | |
|
|
Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
|
|
Income from government grants | £10.00k | £8.00k | 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 | 31 March 2025 | 14 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2025 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 30 September 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 17 November 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 01 October 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | Not required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 27 September 2021 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not required |