CCEW Charity Commission profile

ANCIENT CHARITIES OF HERTFORD

Registered charity 207390 · organisation 207390

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
22 September 1962
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income
£14,409
Latest expenditure
£28,068
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: HERTFORD TOWN COUNCIL, THE CASTLE, HERTFORD, SG14 1HR

Website recorded by the regulator: www.hertford.gov.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Charity distributes grants to individuals in financial need in Hertford and the parishes of the rural district. Nominees come from local organizations such as the CAB, Social Services, NHS Primary Care trust and the local churches. The grants can be released very quickly on the verbal agreement of 3 trustees and the grants are later formally approved at a trustee meeting.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received
6 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£14,409
Total Gross Expenditure
£28,068
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
3 June 2025
Total Gross Income
£14,617
Total Gross Expenditure
£2,214
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
24 September 2024
Total Gross Income
£3,300
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,774
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
10 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£3,596
Total Gross Expenditure
£3,497
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
11 October 2022
Total Gross Income
£1,752
Total Gross Expenditure
£4,090

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
Ar Cycle Reference
AR26
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2026
Ar Due Date
31 January 2027
Ar Received Date
6 August 2026
Total Gross Income
£14,409
Total Gross Expenditure
£28,068
Grant Making Is Main Activity
Yes
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
3
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Due Date
31 January 2026
Ar Received Date
3 June 2025
Total Gross Income
£14,617
Total Gross Expenditure
£2,214
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
0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Hertfordshire
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals
Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
201
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Children/young People
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
202
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Elderly/old People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
ANCIENT CHARITIES OF HERTFORD
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1962-09-22T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
SCHEME OF 10 JULY 1951 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 4 JANUARY 1974, 7 AUGUST 2008 AND 13 APRIL 2010
Charitable Objects
TO PROVIDE FROM TIME TO TIME SOME BENEFIT, COMFORT, LUXURY OR TREAT FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN PARISHES WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF HERTFORD
Area Of Benefit
PARISHES WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF HERTFORD

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
268699
Charity Name Type
Previous name
Charity Name
THE CHARITY OF ANN DIMSDALE

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Investment