THE SOCIETY OF MOTOR MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND

Registered charity 209852 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To grant relief to poor persons who had held responsible positions in the Motor Trade and their dependents.To make periodical grants for the relief or benefit of any young person or young persons of poor indigent or other circumstance requiring assistance to establish employment within the automotive sector

Objects

TO GRANT RELIEF TO POOR PERSONS WHO HAD HELD RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRY TRADE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. TO GIVE LOANS OR GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES WITH SIMILAR OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,395,421, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining a minimum of £1,000,000. The charity reported a net gain of £78,736 for the year, driven by investment gains, and maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY WALKER
• Alexander Smith
• BILL PARFITT
• Darren Morris
• GARETH PHILLIP JONES
• GLENN CRAIG SAINT · trustee of 1 other charity
• George Gillespie
• JOE GREENWELL
• JOHN MITCHELL NEILL
• Kevin Micheal Flanagan
• LORD GEORGE SIMPSON OF DUNKELD
• Laurence Drake
• MR MIKE BAUNTON CBE
• MR TOD EVANS
• Michael Hague-Morgan
• ROBIN SHAW
• TIM ABBOTT
• TREVOR COURTNAY BONNER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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