THE JOHN TOWNSEND TRUST

Registered charity 1127209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MONKSHILL FARM, ROYAL SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN MARGATE, WESTGATE COLLEGE

Our mission is to educate and care for d/Deaf children and young people or young people with communication difficulties, who may have additional needs, for a positive future within work and their communities, preparing them for a positive future. We provide education, care, therapy, medical support, independence training and residential care

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£13.7m
Latest spending
£13.3m
Registered
2008

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

The charity’s company has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: dissolved).
in-administration — 2015-12-07, 2016-11-18
creditors-voluntary-liquidation — 2016-11-18, 2022-04-06
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: The John Townsend Trust — Deregistered, 3 registered locations, last inspected 03/12/2014.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2014)

Total income
£13.7m
Total spending
£13.3m
Reserves (reported)
£2.0m
Employees
402

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/01/2013£44kAccessing Swimming
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2008£4kROAD diary project