DANIEL GASKELL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 529262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DANIEL GASKELL AND JOHN WRAY FOUNDATION

Awards grants for promoting the education, including physical and social training of persons under the age of 25 years who are or who have a parent resident in the area of the former Horbury Urban District.

Objects

(1) IN PROVIDING SUCH SPECIAL BENEFITS OF ANY KIND NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR ANY SCHOOL IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR SUBSTANTIALLY SERVING THE SAME. (2) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL TRAINING, OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS, WHO ARE OR WHO HAVE A PARENT RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 22 OF SCHEME).

Area of benefit: URBAN DISTRICT OF HORBURY

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total fund balances of £970,315.75 as of 31 December 2024, with unrestricted working funds of £69,474.25. The trustees report that the foundation makes grants from current income and does not hold reserves as such, while maintaining an investment portfolio in the CCLA COIF fund to generate income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by John Wray. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Thomaschair
• Andrew Christopher Quinn Patterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Anne Withers
• HANNAH WALSH
• Lucia Jean Allum
• Richard Tuddenham
• Stephen William Brook · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

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