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

LADY BOLLES FOUNDATION

To make grants to individuals no more than 24 years of age at the first grant (but with power to continue the grants to 26 years) resident within the area of Wakefield Metropolitan Council where such individuals need grants for the payment of certain fees, outfits, travelling or maintenance expenses for their advancement in life or to enable them to earn their living.
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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

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£8£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£7£7£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£9£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18*£11£11£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£7£9£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£7£8£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£8£11£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£7£8£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£7£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£6£8£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£6£6£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£6£6£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£6£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£6£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£5£3£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£5£3£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

bev.howes@wakefield-cathedral.org.uk

01924 373923

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
Where it operates
  • City Of Wakefield,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Gender Split

  • GEOFFREY TOWNEND
  • MRS M M FIELDHOUSE
  • SALLY ANN CLAMP Appointed: 2018
  • VERY REV'D SIMON CHARLES COWLING Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/11/1963, number: 529344
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR18: 88 days late,
Main office

Wakefield Cathedral
The Westmoreland Centre
8-10 Westmorland Street
WAKEFIELD
West Yorkshire
WF1 1PJ

Objectives

THE INCOME OF THE FOUNDATION SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES IN APPRENTICING POOR CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF WAKEFIELD TO SOME USEFUL TRADE OR OCCUPATION :PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IF, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES, THE SAID INCOME CANNOT USEFULLY BE APPLIED IN APPRENTICING, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE SAME, OR ANY PART THEREOF, IN THE ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN SAID COUNTY BOROUGH, BEING AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST GRANT NOT MORE THAT 24 YEARS OF AGE (WITH POWER TO CONTINUE THE GRANTS TO 26 YEARS OF AGE WHERE A GRANT HAS BEEN MADE TO A PERSON AGED NOT OVER 24 YEARS AT THE TIME OF FIRST APPLICATION) WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON, OR INTEND TO ENGAGE IN, ANY TRADE, PROFESSION, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, OR BY THE PAYMENT OF FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING, AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY BOROUGH OF WAKEFIELD

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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