G F MACAULAY CHARITABLE TRUST

Charity number: 266803
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Grant making principally to charities, mainly to promote religious activities and relieve poverty

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2025

Total income: £28,173
Total expenditure: £773,499

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Burma
  • Haiti
  • Iraq
  • Thailand

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 February 1974: Standard registration
  • 17 January 2023: Funds received from 702516 THE WOOLHOPE TRUST
  • 21 February 2026: Funds transferred to 328412 THE FILSHAM CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 21 February 2026: Removed (Funds spent (by trustees))
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE GEORGE MACAULAY TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
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
  • 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

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024 05/04/2025
Total gross income £3.43m £22.41k £20.16k £17.68k £28.17k
Total expenditure £1.58m £62.40k £417.17k £579.04k £773.50k
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
Income - Donations and legacies £3.42m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £5.50k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £3.31m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £1.58m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £673 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £4.20k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £1.58m N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £673 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 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 2025 03 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2025 03 November 2025 On time
Annual return 05 April 2024 13 August 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2023 11 March 2024 35 days late
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2022 13 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 Not required
Annual return 05 April 2021 10 March 2022 33 days late
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 10 March 2022 33 days late
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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 26TH NOVEMBER 1973

Charitable objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES WITH THE CONSENT OF THE SETTLOR SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit

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

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