VERNON ROBERT BOWMER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1162881 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VERNON ROBERT BOWMER MEMORIAL TRUST

The settlement is established for the purpose of supporting residents of Derbyshire and its charitable organisations, voluntary organisations, educational establishments, churches community societies and community groups for the public benefit and wit the objective of improving the conditions of life for residents of Derbyshire.

Objects

THE SETTLEMENT IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING RESIDENTS OF DERBYSHIRE AND ITS CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY SOCIETIES, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF DERBYSHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT SO AS TO LIMIT THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:1. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF HEART DISEASE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES2. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF DIABETES BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES3. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF OSTEOPOROSIS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES4. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, ILLNESS AND POOR HEALTH OF, AND TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT CARE AND WELFARE OF, SERVICEMEN AND WAR VETERANS BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.5. FOR THE BENEFIT OF SCOUT ASSOCIATION GROUPS BASED IN DUFFIELD BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SERVICES NORMALLY PROVIDED BY SCOUT ASSOCIATION GROUPS6. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD BY PROVIDING SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED HOUSING, AND ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS OR BY GRANTS FOR OR ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROVISION OF CARERS7. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT WITHIN THE FAMILY OR HOME BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO SUCH CARERS OR BY GRANTS FOR OR ASSISTANCE WITH RESPITE SERVICES 8. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS9. FOR THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION OF THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION OR BECAUSE THEY ARE HOUSEBOUND OR INFIRM OR ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR EASILY ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS ITEMS FACILITIES AND SERVICES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF TRANSPORT SERVICES, OUTINGS AND TRIPS, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN THE HOME 10. FOR THE PROMOTION OF PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES BY PEOPLE AGED 21 YEARS AND BELOW, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS SERVICES FACILITIES OR EQUIPMENT TO ENABLE PARTICIPATION IN SUCH SPORTING ACTIVITIES11. TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AGED 21 YEARS AND BELOW LIVING OR WORKING IN DUFFIELD BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, RECREATIONAL, LEISURE TIME AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO DEVELOP THEIR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OR TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS12. FOR THE PREVENTION OF POVERTY OR RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING GRANTS ITEMS SERVICES AND FACILITIES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OR TO ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR NEED.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Amber Valley, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £53,839 for the year, with total expenditure of £497,182 exceeding incoming resources of £443,343. Despite this operational loss, unrestricted funds remain substantial at £6,940,777, largely represented by investment funds. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Adkin Sinclair LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARION ELIZABETH VESEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benjamin Joshua Edwards
• CASSANDRA LILLIAN WORTON

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE N SMITH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

• THE N SMITH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT income £140k
• THE BATES CHARITABLE TRUST income £26k
• DIVERSECITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £238k
• THE REDEEMER TRUST income £233k
• DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• THE DERBYSHIRE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k

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