MAPLE LEAF TRUST

Charity number: 294037
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Trustees of the Maple Leaf Trust organize a variety of fundraising events (annual dinner and auction etc.) to help raise funds for its two charitable causes: scholarships for Canadian graduate students studying in the UK and financial assistance for needy Canadian WWII veterans or their surviving spouses who are living in the UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £11,955
Total expenditure: £120,045

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 April 1986: Standard registration
  • 06 October 2015: Funds received from 1105941 CANADA HOUSE ARTS TRUST
  • 06 June 2025: Funds transferred to 1168630 Maple Leaf Trust
  • 06 June 2025: Removed (Amalgamated)
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • MAPLE LEAF BALL TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £324.83k £17.86k £31.42k £420.50k £11.96k
Total expenditure £244.64k £98.89k £107.54k £316.88k £120.05k
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 31 March 2024 19 December 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On time
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On time
Annual return 31 March 2021 25 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 31 January 2021 On time
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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 12/03/1986 AS AMENDED ON 12/10/2004 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 08/03/2011

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY,DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND,IN PARTICULAR, FOR PERSONS OF CANADIAN ORIGIN AND THEIR FAMILIES,SPECIAL REGARD BEING GIVEN TO THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG FORMER CANADIAN SERVICEMEN AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE ALSO IN NEED RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit

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

UNITED KINGDOM