KENNEDY MEMORIAL FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 7 May 1964
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
Latest income: £240,897
Latest expenditure: £697,226
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: East Side, Kings Cross Station, LONDON, N1C 4AX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.kennedytrust.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Kennedy Memorial Trust administers the Kennedy Memorial Fund commemorating President John F. Kennedy by maintaining a memorial at Runnymede and awarding scholarships to British graduate students to attend Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Each year the Trust provides graduate students with tuition fees, health cover, a stipend & travel grant.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 23 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £240,897
Total Gross Expenditure: £697,226

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 20 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 20 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £292,366
Total Gross Expenditure: £691,526

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 19 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 19 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £773,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £803,987

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 13 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £281,761
Total Gross Expenditure: £991,672

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £279,212
Total Gross Expenditure: £314,301

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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 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 23 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £240,897
Total Gross Expenditure: £697,226
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £292,366
Total Gross Expenditure: £691,526
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 19 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £773,891
Total Gross Expenditure: £803,987
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 13 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £281,761
Total Gross Expenditure: £991,672
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £279,212
Total Gross Expenditure: £314,301
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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 29 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 19 February 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 158849
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 72924
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 231773
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £803,987
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 803987
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 98871
Expenditure Depreciation: 208
Gain Loss Investment: 156339
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £16,879,129
Assets Total Fixed: 16535487
Assets Own Use: 71804
Assets Long Term Investment: 16463683
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £372,099
Assets Total Liabilities: £28,457
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £16,879,129
Creditors One Year Total Current: 28457
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £294,686
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 16879129
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 16879129
Count Employees: 1
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: KENNEDY MEMORIAL FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1964-05-07T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: APPEAL FOR FUNDS ISSUED ON 7 MAY 1964. TRUST DEED DATED 4 JULY 1964 AND AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 11 JULY 2007
Charitable Objects: 1. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENABLE MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GO AS UNDER-GRADUATES OR GRADUATES TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY, RADCLIFFE COLLEGE OR THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. 2. TO SECURE AND LAY OUT A SITE ON RUNNYMEDE AS A PLACE TO WHICH THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UPKEEP.
Area Of Benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 102389
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: KENNEDY MEMORIAL TRUST

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management