GEORGE GOWARD AND JOHN EVANS

Registered charity 253727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GEORGE GOWARD

1/8 OF INCOME TO SOHAM UNITED CHARITIES FOR RELIEF IN NEED. RELIEF IN NEED FOR RESIDENTS OF LAKENHEATH OF ANY AGE. PROVIDES SPECIAL BENEFITS NOT PROVIDED BY LA FOR SCHOOLS SERVING LAKENHEATH CHILDREN. PROMOTES SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN LAKENHEATH. PROMOTES EDUCATION (INCLUDING PHYSICAL & SOCIAL TRAINING) FOR PERSONS AGED UNDER 25 YEARS LIVING IN LAKENHEATH.

Objects

1. PAYMENT TO THE SOHAM RELIEF IN NEED CHARITY 2. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF LAKENHEATH WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS 3. TO PROVIDE FOR LAKENHEATH PRIMARY SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER MAINTAINED SCHOOL SERVING THE PARISH OF LAKENHEATH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY 4. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION TO CHILDREN BY MEANS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS 5. TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION IN NURSERY SCHOOLS 6. TO PROMOTED THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AND ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Area of benefit: LAKENHEATH AND SOHAM

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,468,521, comprising liquid cash of £61,704 and an investment portfolio valued at £2,336,817. The trustees report that the charity aims to grant all income received in a given year, noting a deficit before investment movements that is offset by significant asset growth. The filing confirms adequate resources for future operational existence with no stated reserves policy target.

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 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

• HORRY ROBERT PARSONSchair
• Derek Douglas Bennett
• JOHN BRIAN GENTLE · trustee of 2 other charities
• June Fox
• KEVIN ROGER WICKHAM
• MRS SHIPP · trustee of 2 other charities
• ROBERT GEORGE WILLIAM ROLPH

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Suffolk

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