GREAT GRIMSBY ICE FACTORY TRUST

Registered charity 1146988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREATGIFT/GGIFT

The Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust is a Building Preservation Trust that in the past has worked on finding a sustainable new use for the Grimsby Ice Factory, a Grade II* listed Victorian industrial building on Grimsby Docks. Currently the Trust is engaged in delivering the Peterson's Project, bringing back into use two buildings in the Kasbah Conservation Area of Grimsby Docks.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES OR NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST IN PARTICULAR THE GRIMSBY ICE FACTORY AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE ICE FACTORY.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £146,044 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in reserves carried forward of only £532. The trustees note that the short-to-medium term financial situation is tight, with just under £10,000 in hand to cover ongoing expenses until regular income is established from letting buildings.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• VICKY HARTUNGchair
• Emilie Jayne Wales
• GRAEME LESLIE CULYER BASSETT
• Jonathan Peter Wilcox
• ROY HOROBIN

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

Operates in: North East Lincolnshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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