CHESTER DIOCESAN GUILD OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Charity number: 1148441
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Training in the art of church bell ringing. Training in church bell maintenance. Arranging and running practice meetings for church bell ringers. Arranging and running church bell ringing competitions. Arranging church bell ringing for special events and commemorations. Providing grants towards the preservation, restoration, and augmentation of church bells and their fittings.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £16,384
Total expenditure: £17,141

People

4 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West & Chester
  • Derbyshire
  • Halton
  • Stockport
  • Tameside
  • Trafford
  • Warrington
  • Wirral

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 August 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • CHESTER DG (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
JOCELYN ANNE SQUIRES Trustee 11 May 2024
THE JASMOORE TRUST
Received: On time
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS, DARESBURY
Received: On time
PAMELA THOMSON Trustee 18 October 2023
THE ECUMENICAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY, WEAVERHAM
Received: On time
Gillian Sandra Caulfield-Pleavin Trustee 08 October 2022
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. SAVIOUR, OXTON
Received: On time
David Thomas Glynne Jones Trustee 08 October 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £7.31k £7.18k £8.91k £11.35k £16.38k
Total expenditure £25.20k £2.79k £8.11k £2.46k £17.14k
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 December 2024 14 May 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2023 21 May 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 09 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 22 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 08 September 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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14/09/2002 AS AMENDED ON 14/07/2012

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ,IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY: A) PROMOTING AND FOSTERING THE RINGING OF BELLS FOR CHRISTIAN PRAYER, WORSHIP AND CELEBRATION; B) PROMOTING AND FOSTERING THE RINGING OF BELLS ON OCCASIONS OF NATIONAL OR LOCAL COMMEMORATION, CELEBRATION OR MOURNING; AND C) THE PROVISION, PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND AUGMENTATION OF BELLS AND THEIR FITTINGS, INCLUDING ANY WHICH ARE REDUNDANT. 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ALL ASPECTS OF BELL RINGING AND MAINTENANCE

Contact information

Address:
4 BARLEY CASTLE CLOSE
APPLETON THORN
WARRINGTON
WA4 4SA
Phone:
01625523962
Email:
bob-pollyk@tiscali.co.uk
Website:

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