Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST

The primary objective and principal activity of the charity is the distribution of income for the benefit of any charitable body, or for any charitable purpose.There are no plans to change the trustees overall approach to the distribution of funds.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
31/05/23£242£244£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/22£141£141£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/21£133£131£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/20£127£140£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/19£113£91£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/18£99£99£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/17£89£96£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/16£93£87£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/15£95£105£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/14£81£89£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/13£230£80£150n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/12£139£59£79n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/11£72£77£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/10£73£73£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/09£85£71£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/08£55£52£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/07£77£82£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/06£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/05£41£50£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/05/04*£46£27£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 42 years

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City, Cambridgeshire, City Of London, Lancashire, Leeds City, Manchester City, Norfolk,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISON JANE BULL Appointed: 2015
  • CLIVE ANTHONY LEVONTINE Appointed: 2017
  • JUSTIN JOLYON PETER RIPMAN Appointed: 2015
  • MR GREG GIBSON
  • MR TOM PICKTHORN
  • NEIL CLIFFORD HOWES Appointed: 2017
  • NEIL JAMES FRANKLAND Appointed: 2022
  • NEIL STUART WARD Appointed: 2022
  • RICHARD MICHAEL SANTY Appointed: 2020
  • SARAH ELIZABETH SEED Appointed: 2015
  • STUART THOMPSON Appointed: 2017
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/1983, number: 326271
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 11 days late,
Main office

BOTANIC HOUSE
100 HILLS ROAD
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 1PH

Objectives

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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