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Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
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    Overall GiG Score: -50 ?

    THE OPEN BLUE TRUST 

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/21£37£33£4n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/12/20£31£38£-8n/an/an/an/an/a19
    31/12/19£53£45£8n/an/an/an/an/a16
    31/12/18£38£46£-8£0£0£0n/a010
    31/12/17£38£50£-12£0£0£0n/a020
    31/12/16£40£37£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/15£48£29£19£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/14£48£41£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/13£38£51£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/12£34£61£-26£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/11£79£68£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/10£91£84£6£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/09£88£76£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/08£64£59£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/07£65£55£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/06£44£58£-15£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/05£49£57£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/12/04£64£51£13£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 21 years
    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Education/Training
    • Religious Activities
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Technical, vocational and continuing education
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    • Provides human resources
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Wiltshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People

    Who supports them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Open Blue Trust
    £1,837 16/11/2021
    Visit Wellington Place an isolated estate of MOD housing once a month for 2 hours for 10 months. Deliver a carer and toddler group and an after school club.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Open Blue Trust
    £14,985 25/08/2021
    Open Blue Trust runs a double-decker bus as a mobile community centre, providing activities for families and access to services for gypsies and travellers and other deprived communities. Funding will ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Open Blue Trust
    £2,000 17/06/2021
    Support and activities for children, young people and families living in rural locations including traveller sites, army bases and villages in North Wiltshire.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Wellington Place afterschool club
    £2,011 13/01/2021
    Afterschool club on Thursdays at Isolated estate of young army families; outdoor activities, cooking, arts and crafts, indoor / outdoor games. Great fun, building community.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Thingley Road Traveller Site
    £4,995 11/06/2020
    34
    Support to families with pre and primary age children on Traveller site near Chippenham.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Open Blue Trust
    £3,692 03/08/2015
    10
    Open Blue build community for those disadvantaged by rural poverty and isolation, running carer and toddler groups, after school clubs, youth drop-ins and resident’s cafes in communities with no ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Open Blue Trust
    £5,000 15/05/2015
    12
    Open Blue build community for those disadvantaged by rural poverty and isolation, running carer and toddler groups, after school clubs, youth drop-ins and resident’s cafes in communities with no ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/05/2003, number: 1097725
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    18 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.B) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.C)TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN CHIPPENHAM WILTSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.D) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATIONAL AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN CHIPPENHAM AFORESAID AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    CHIPPENHAM WILTSHIRE AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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