MAP OF AUSTRALIA TRUST

Charity number: 1177961
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We maintain and promote the historic monument of the Map of Australia the near Compton Chamberlayne in Wiltshire. Using local volunteers we keep the map visible with working parties and maintain a website to ensure that the history of those Australian servicemen that passed through Hurdcott Camp and the servicemen interned in the Commonwealth burial grounds nearby are remembered.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 July 2024

Total income: £100
Total expenditure: £176

People

6 Trustee(s)

6 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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Wiltshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 April 2018: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Risk management
  • 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

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
HELEN ROBERTS Chair 01 September 2017
None on record
Bruce Tozer Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record
Richard Antony Winchester Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record
Colonel Rtd David Hamilton Rex Stephenson CBE Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record
Richard Enos Avery Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record
David William Osment Trustee 24 May 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/07/2020 01/07/2021 01/07/2022 01/07/2023 01/07/2024
Total gross income £1.31k £0 £172 £100 £100
Total expenditure £245 £155 £37 £480 £176
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 01 July 2024 10 March 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 July 2024 10 March 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 July 2023 10 March 2025 313 days late
Accounts and TAR 01 July 2023 10 March 2025 313 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 July 2022 28 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 July 2022 28 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 July 2021 10 June 2022 40 days late
Accounts and TAR 01 July 2021 28 April 2023 362 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 July 2020 14 August 2021 105 days late
Accounts and TAR 01 July 2020 14 August 2021 105 days late 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.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Apr 2018

Charitable objects

1) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE MAP OF AUSTRALIA BADGE ON THE HILL ABOVE COMPTON CHAMBERLAYNE, WILTSHIRE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED BY MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES IN 1917 WHILE STATIONED AT HURDCOTT CAMP AS A SITE OF HISTORIC INTEREST. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF HURDCOTT CAMP AND ITS MILITARY PERSONNEL, THE HOSPITAL BASED AT HURDCOTT AND THE STORY OF THE MAP OF AUSTRALIA BADGE BY PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE CAMPS THAT POPULATED THE NADDER VALLEY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, MAINTAINING AN INFORMATIVE WEBSITE AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION AT VIEWING AREAS CLOSE TO THE BADGE.

Area of benefit

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

LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
1 Church Hatch
Downton
SALISBURY
SP5 3PL
Phone:
01725513682
Email:
ww1australiamap@gmail.com
Website:

www.map-of-australia.com Open in new window