WESTERN GAZETTE BENEVOLENT FUND
Charity number: 259854
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The sole objective of the fund is to provide funds for the benefit of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, who are or have been members of staff of the Western Gazette Company Limited and their dependants, or who are dependants of the said staff.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income: £11,620
Total expenditure: £42,972
People
7 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
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
Where the charity operates:
- Dorset
- Somerset
Governance
Registration history:
- 06 November 1969: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
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
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- 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
7 Trustee(s)
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| JOHN WILFRED MARTIN | Chair |
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| Carla Perkins | Trustee | 31 October 2024 |
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| Amanda Pamela Jayne Alford-Field | Trustee | 03 November 2022 |
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| Kelvin William Lewis | Trustee | 27 November 2015 |
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| REX ARTHUR LESTER | Trustee | 07 December 2012 |
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| PETER LESLIE BROOKE | Trustee |
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| DAVID BASSET DRENNAN | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £9.71k | £9.33k | £9.43k | £10.88k | £11.62k | |
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Total expenditure | £5.97k | £18.21k | £27.59k | £36.70k | £42.97k | |
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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 | 31 March 2024 | 20 September 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 18 October 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 25 August 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 11 November 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 12 November 2020 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | Not Required |