OLD CENTRALIANS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 10 August 1995
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £152,069
Latest expenditure: £94,451
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: OC Trust, CGCA Alumni, Office Level 1, Faculty Building, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.cgca.org.uk/charitabletrust (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To provide support to students of the Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College, London, who find themselves in financial difficulty through no fault of their own. To support the academic, sporting and social activities of the students in the Faculty of Engineering.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 22 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 22 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £152,069
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,451

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 12 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 12 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £64,734
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,259

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £57,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £97,090

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 20 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £86,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,681

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £81,577
Total Gross Expenditure: £33,150

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 22 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £152,069
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,451
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 12 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £64,734
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,259
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £57,098
Total Gross Expenditure: £97,090
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 20 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £86,047
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,681
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £81,577
Total Gross Expenditure: £33,150
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kensington And Chelsea
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 116
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Recreation

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: OLD CENTRALIANS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1995-08-10T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED MADE 24TH SEPTEMBER 1965. SCHEME OF 1ST JUNE 1995
Charitable Objects: (A)THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO HAVING BECOME STUDENTS AT THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE WOULD BE UNABLE WITHOUT SUCH SCHOLARSHIPS OR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES AT THE COLLEGE (B)THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE STUDENTS, AND, IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMIC STAFF AT THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE TO PURSUE IN THEN UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE STUDIES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO BE OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE IN RELATION TO OR AS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE WORK OF THE COLLEGE (C)THE SPONSORSHIP OF RESEARCH FOR STUDENTS OF THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROVISION OF SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT FOR POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH BY SUCH STUDENTS (D)THE PROVISION OF AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS OF THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE STUDENTS UNION KNOWN AS THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE UNION (E)THE PROCISION OF AMENITIES AND FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS OF THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (OF WHICH THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE FORMS PART) THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE STUDENTS UNION KNOWN AS THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE UNION, BEING AMENITIES AND FACILITIES OF WHICH STUDENTS OF THE CITY AND GUILDS COLLEGE CAN SHARE (F)SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CITY AND GUILD COLLEGE AND/OR THE OLD CENTRALIANS AS MAY BE APPROVED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE OLD CENTRALIANS.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures