TOUCHSTONE PROJECTS

Charity number: 1120912
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Touchstone Projects supports motivational and inspirational programmes in prisons and immigration detention centres in the UK and abroad. Other supported projects include educational programmes in Africa as well as poverty and disaster relief in Africa and Asia.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £44,171
Total expenditure: £36,338

People

3 Trustee(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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Kenya
  • South Africa
  • Uganda

Governance

Registration history:
  • 19 September 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
NILESH PATEL Chair
None on record
Philip Foy Trustee 12 May 2017
None on record
David Lykins Trustee 28 February 2017
None on record

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 £33.88k £41.41k £23.09k £14.09k £44.17k
Total expenditure £29.54k £15.58k £22.34k £15.69k £36.34k
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 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 01 February 2022 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 28 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 28 January 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 1 DECEMBER 2006.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS ARE: * TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY IN PRISONS, YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTES AND IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRES IN THE UK AND ABROAD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, LECTURES AND SERVICES; THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ON CHRISTIAN THEMES TO ENLIGHTEN OTHERS ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. * THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF (MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY) FORMER PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTES INMATES AND EX-IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE DETAINEES BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS OR BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR SUCH GOODS OR SERVICES. * TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF (MAINLY BUT NOT ONLY) PRESENT AND FORMER PRISON AND YOUNG OFFENDER INSTITUTE INMATES/IMMIGRATION REMOVAL CENTRE DETAINEES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO SUCCESSFULLY ADAPT TO LIFE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Area of benefit

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

IN THE UK AND ABROAD.

Contact information

Address:
Suite 100
The Mercure George Hotel
10-12 King Street
Reading
RG1 2HE
Phone:
01189573445
Email:
info@touchstoneprojects.org
Website:

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