ROTARY SHOEBOX SCHEME

Charity number: 1091507
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Using its specially designed shoeboxes the charity provides an all year round service for people in Britain and Ireland wishing to make gifts to people in Eastern Europe. The people who receive the shoeboxes are chosen by the charity solely on humanitarian grounds.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 June 2024

Total income: £69,926
Total expenditure: £46,047

People

5 Trustee(s)

20 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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

What the charity does:
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Bulgaria
  • Ireland
  • Moldova
  • Northern Ireland
  • Romania
  • Scotland
  • Ukraine

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 April 2002: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • ROTARY SHOE BOX SCHEME (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting 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

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
NIGEL BRUCE DANBY Chair 01 July 2024
None on record
Alan Stanley Ainsworth Trustee 07 July 2023
None on record
Clive Gardiner Trustee 12 April 2018
None on record
GILL DANBY Trustee 03 December 2015
None on record
Peter Ralph Clare Trustee 13 May 1997
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/06/2020 30/06/2021 30/06/2022 30/06/2023 30/06/2024
Total gross income £68.41k £30.81k £47.00k £71.21k £69.93k
Total expenditure £63.60k £39.88k £54.34k £74.83k £46.05k
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 30 June 2024 17 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2024 17 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2023 24 April 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2023 15 May 2024 15 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2022 11 May 2023 11 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2022 11 May 2023 11 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2021 26 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2021 26 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 30 June 2020 15 April 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 30 June 2020 15 April 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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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 13/05/1997 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 22/02/2002 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 29/01/2011 as amended on 12 Mar 2019

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST THOSE PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE BY THE SUPPLY, TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE FORM OF SHOE BOXES FILLED WITH SUCH ITEMS AS ARE REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME AND (B) TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit

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

CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Contact information

Address:
10 Greenshank Close
Bamford
Rochdale
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester
OL11 5QE
Phone:
07582901217
Email:
john.shepley@gmail.com
Website:

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