The Mansel-Pleydell, Cecil and Drew Trust

Charity number: 306303
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Annual essay prize and support of relevant educational activities at local schools.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £3,869
Total expenditure: £5,255

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Dorset

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 January 1962: Standard registration
  • 29 June 2023: Funds received from 306302 THE CHARLES D DREW TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • MANSEL-PLEYDELL & CECIL TRUST (Working name)
  • MANSELL-PLEYDELL AND CECIL TRUST (Previous name)
  • MANSEL-PLEYDELL AND CECIL TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
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)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
TONY MOORE Chair
None on record
DAVID GRASSBY Trustee 21 March 2019
None on record
Claire Pinder Trustee 06 April 2017
DORSET ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE FORUM
Recently registered
Kathryn Eleanor Lousley Trustee 01 September 2015
None on record
SARAH ANN HATTEN WELTON Trustee 07 November 2013
THE DORSET ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS CENTRE TRUST COMPANY LIMITED
Received: On time
WAREHAM CHORAL SOCIETY
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £6.79k £4.27k £5.42k £5.71k £3.87k
Total expenditure £2.28k £9.21k £10.36k £8.70k £5.26k
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 August 2024 10 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2023 31 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 22 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 16 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 26 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
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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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 4TH MAY 1905 AND SCHEME DATED 22ND NOVEMBER 1965 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 16 SEP 2016 as amended on 17 Nov 2022

Charitable objects

THE INCOME OF THE MANSEL-PLEYDELL AND CECIL TRUST SHALL BE USED, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, TO PROVIDE: 1. CASH PRIZES FOR THE FOLLOWING COMPETITIONS: (A) MANSEL-PLEYDELL ESSAY COMPETITION NO.1 THIS COMPETITION IS FOR SUBSTANTIAL ESSAYS (OF ABOUT 10,000 WORDS) REFLECTING ORIGINAL RESEARCH INTO AN ASPECT OF DORSET’S LOCAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR NATURAL HISTORY AND WHICH SHALL BE OF SUFFICIENT STANDARD AND INTEREST TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY; (B) MANSEL-PLEYDELL ESSAY COMPETITION NO.2 THIS COMPETITION IS FOR SHORTER ESSAYS (OF ABOUT 2,000 – 5,000 WORDS) RELATING TO AN ASPECT OF DORSET’S LOCAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR NATURAL HISTORY WHICH SHOULD BE OF A STANDARD TO BE A PLACED IN THE DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM LIBRARY. (C) THE CECIL COMPETITION THIS COMPETITION IS FOR ANY PROJECT INVOLVING THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE WHICH PROMOTES INTEREST IN, AND AWARENESS OF, ANY ASPECT OF DORSET’S LOCAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR NATURAL HISTORY. THE PRIZES ARE OPEN TO ANYONE RESIDENT IN DORSET (INCLUDING POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH) OR HAVING PAST OR PRESENT CONNECTIONS WITH THE COUNTY. IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE DIVERSITY AND COMPETITION, THE TRUSTEES, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE ENTRIES FOR ANY OF THE PRIZES FROM ENTRANTS WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED A PRIZE. PROSPECTIVE ENTRANTS WHO MIGHT FALL WITHIN THIS CATEGORY SHOULD SEEK PRIOR GUIDANCE FROM THE TRUSTEES BEFORE EMBARKING ON ANY PROJECT INTENDED TO BE ENTERED FOR A PRIZE TO AVOID POSSIBLE FUTURE DISAPPOINTMENT. 2. GRANTS TO THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, TO FUND PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH ITS WORK TO PROMOTE INTEREST IN AND AWARENESS OF ALL ASPECTS OF DORSET’S LOCAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR NATURAL HISTORY. 3. GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS (AND IN APPROPRIATE CASES, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, OTHER INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS) IN DORSET TO HELP FUND PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES WHICH PROMOTE INTEREST IN, AND AWARENESS OF, ANY ASPECT OF DORSET’S LOCAL, CULTURAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL OR NATURAL HISTORY

Area of benefit

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

COUNTY OF DORSET

Contact information

Address:
DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM
66 HIGH WEST STREET
DORCHESTER
DT1 1XA
Phone:
01305262735
Email:
secretarymanselpleydell@gmail.com
Website:

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