THOMAS GIFFORD'S CHARITY

Registered charity 264536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITY OF THOMAS GIFFORD

The charity's first objective is to maintain and make available to the people of Charlbury the Playing Close for recreational use, which includes a Farmers Markets each quarter. The second objective is to manage the other assets of the Charity in order to generate income for the maintenance of the Playing Close and, subject to that, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Charlbury.

Objects

1. THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND SUBJECT THERETO TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS AS THE TRUSTEE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT. 2. THE LAND NUMBERED 3 SPECIFIED IN THE SAID SCHEDULE SHALL CONTINUE TO BE APPROPRIATED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A RECREATION GROUND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: PARISH OF CHARLBURY

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Merged into THE THOMAS GIFFORD TRUST (charity 1155669) — merger registered 11/01/2016.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£17k
Registered
1972

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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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2015

  • Volunteers: 15
  • Government income: £4,700 — grants £4,700; 9% of the £49,520 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2014

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2013

  • Volunteers: 15

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2013 (received 09/02/2014, 9 days after the 31/01/2014 due date); year ending 31/03/2012 (received 18/03/2013, 46 days after the 31/01/2013 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Register events

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2016——
31/03/2015£50k£17k
31/03/2014£30k£6k
31/03/2013£12k£8k
31/03/2012£1k£1k