THE MACDONALD TRUST
Charity number: 263489
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The charity supports other charities carrying out charitable work in London (HIV positive families), Wales (with the elderly), Manchester (offenders, schools) and Norwich (teaching English).
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £22,197
Total expenditure: £23,890
People
5 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
- Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
- Coventry City
- Manchester City
- Norfolk
- Tower Hamlets
- West Sussex
Governance
Registration history:
- 28 May 1973: 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
- Investment
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting 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)
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| Dr SIMON J F MACDONALD | Chair |
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| Alexandra Rose Gosling | Trustee | 01 March 2024 |
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| Thomas James Macdonald Gosling | Trustee | 25 February 2020 |
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| FIONA E R MACDONALD BOX | Trustee |
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| HELEN A L GOSLING | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £17.05k | £18.83k | £24.83k | £21.71k | £22.20k | |
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Total expenditure | £19.99k | £18.92k | £17.01k | £20.28k | £23.89k | |
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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 December 2024 | 13 April 2025 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2024 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 06 May 2024 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 18 May 2023 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 03 March 2022 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | Not Required | ||
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 25 February 2021 | On Time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | Not Required |