Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

TROWBRIDGE TOWN TRUST

TO PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE IN NEED WITHIN TROWBRIDGE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£11£10£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£17£18£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£17£12£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£20£11£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£18£8£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£9£5£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£7£1£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£8£5£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£6£7£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£22£7£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£6£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£6£2£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£33£4£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£5£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06*£4£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 57 years

paulvingoe@hotmail.com

01225 866851

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Wiltshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DAVID CHARLES CAVILL Appointed: 2019
  • DAWN-MARIE MOIR Appointed: 2017
  • GLYN JOHN WILLIAM BRIDGES Appointed: 2019
  • PAUL GLESSING VINGOE (Chair)
  • PETER FULLER Appointed: 2014
  • REV JACOB HAROLD EGGERTSEN Appointed: 2022
  • STEWART PALMEN Appointed: 2021
  • STEPHEN JAMES COOPER Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/04/1967, number: 252229
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR10: 24 days late, AR09: 120 days late, AR06: 127 days late,
Main office

254 Winsley Road
BRADFORD-ON-AVON
BA15 1QS

Objectives

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE DIRECTED TO THE BENEFIT OF ANY INHABITANT OR INHABITANTS OF THE URBAN DISTRICT OF TROWBRIDGE (WHATEVER ITS AREA FOR THE TIME BEING) OR OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD OUTSIDE THE SAID URBAN DISTRICT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE TRUST DEED).

Defined Area of Benefit:

TROWBRIDGE AND DISTRICT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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