GEORGE TEMPERANCE TRUST

Registered charity 214134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity makes grants to organisations engaged in activities in keeping with the trusts' objectives; prevention of the abuse of alcohol and other substances and to assist persons suffering from such abuse and to help their families and dependents.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF ABUSE OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES (DRUGS AND SOLVENTS) IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO ASSIST PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SUCH ABUSE AND TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS.

Area of benefit: THE COUNTIES OF BOURNEMOUTH AND POOLE AND THE BOROUGH OF CHRISTCHURCH.

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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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £277,386 at the end of the financial year. However, outgoings exceeded income by £4,910 during the year, indicating a deficit in current year operations. The trustees maintain that reserves are at an acceptable level to support future project funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain existing reserves to enable future funding of projects out of the investment income (held: £277k)

“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain existing reserves to enable future funding of projects out of the investment income.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

MARTIN DEREK HANCOCKchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ANDREW AIDAN CLARK
ANTHONY JOSEPH FERNAND · trustee of 2 other charities
EDWARD TAYLOR
REVEREND MIKE MELLOR · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£40k	£44k
31/12/2023	£54k	£42k
31/12/2022	£22k	£22k
31/12/2021	£35k	£40k
31/12/2020	£33k	£38k

Common questions

Is GEORGE TEMPERANCE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £277,386 at the end of the financial year. However, outgoings exceeded income by £4,910 during the year, indicating a deficit in current year operations. The trustees maintain that reserves are at an acceptable level to support future project funding. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.