THE RAMSGATE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1138809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of the Society is to protect and improve the quality of life of the citizens of Ramsgate, having particular regard to the quality of the built and natural environment, its civic and open spaces, the history and heritage of the town, and the encouragement of civic pride and active citizenship.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING IN RAMSGATE.TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN, AND CARE FOR, THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE TOWN AND ITS SURROUNDINGSTO ENCOURAGE THE PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTERESTTO PURSUE THESE ENDS BY MEANS OF MEETINGS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, PUBLICATIONS, OTHER FORMS OF INSTRUCTION AND PUBLICITY, AND PROMOTION OF SCHEMES OF A CHARITABLE NATURE

Area of benefit: RAMSGATE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are in good shape and unrestricted funds total £37,504. The trustees' report confirms that the most recent accounts are being presented for approval at the Annual General Meeting.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN VINCENT WALKERchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• David Walter Lister
• Paul Douglas Shearer
• Rob Warren
• Sophie Clissold-Lesser · trustee of 3 other charities
• Terry Prue

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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