ACTION FOR MARKET TOWNS

Charity Number: 1066361
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Action for Market Towns is a membership organisation dedicated to promoting the vitality and viability of small towns via the provision of information and support to: 1. relieve poverty in small towns 2. educate members of the public generally so that their conditions may be improved 3. to relieve persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress 4. to be of community benefit.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2013

Total income: £425,547
Total expenditure: £422,886

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 November 1997: Standard registration
  • 20 August 2018: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2009 31/03/2010 31/03/2011 31/03/2012 31/03/2013
Total gross income £531.79k £440.69k £517.58k £499.39k £425.55k
Total expenditure £558.27k £516.34k £517.30k £554.55k £422.89k
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 £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £64.31k N/A £112.13k N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £462.55k N/A £405.25k N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Investment £4.93k N/A £201 N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £533.67k N/A £389.93k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £7.90k N/A £10.58k N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A £0 N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £16.70k N/A £0 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 2018 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2018 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2017 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2017 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2016 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2016 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2015 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2015 Not submitted

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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 JUNE 1997 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 14 NOVEMBER 2006 AND 1 OCTOBER 2008

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN SMALL TOWNS; (2) TO EDUCATE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; (3) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; (4) TO CARRY OUT ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY GENERALLY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.

Area of benefit

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

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