THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST
Registered charity 1166934 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Management and maintenance of public access land and buildings on behalf of the people of Looe; maintaining and supporting the volunteer run museum; supporting pensioners, disabled persons, children and young people etc. in Looe by the provision of facilities, equipment and/or grants according to need and available resources.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted free reserves of £39,212 alongside designated funds of £200,000, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £3,812,897. The trustees confirm that financial controls comply with Charity Commission guidance and that the system is adequate, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3.8m)
“The property reserve is at the lower end of the intended range of reserves following the significant expenditure in the current year.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of costs for hire of a Portable Lighting Tower to Tanner Trading, a company controlled by Trustee Mr S Tanner.
“During the year the Trust reimbursed Tanner Trading, a company controlled by Mr S Tanner, for the cost of the hire of a Portable Lighting Tower for use on the D-Day Wooldown event for the Trust in the amount of £352. No balance was outstanding at the year end. Mr Tanner was able to hire the equipment at a lower cost than the Trust by virtue of his company's account with the equipment hire company and was only reimbursed the cost he paid which benefitted the Trust. Mr Tanner and Mr Gibson are also Trustees of Looe Lions which benefited from a donation of £200 in the year and was approved by remaining Trustees.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East Looe Town trust (matched by registered charity number).
Property (HM Land Registry)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (51% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ANDREW DAVID BISHOPchair
- EMILE BRIAN GALIPEAU
- FREDERICK JOHN WARNE CB
- Philip Michael Gibson
- Robert Philip Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
- Samuel James Tanner
- Sharon Watters
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted free reserves of £39,212 alongside designated funds of £200,000, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £3,812,897. The trustees confirm that financial controls comply with Charity Commission guidance and that the system is adequate, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.
Who funds THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE EAST LOOE TOWN TRUST as a grant recipient include WEST LOOE TOWN TRUST, CAREW POLE CHARITABLE TRUST.
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