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DR PLUMES TRUST

Registered charity 254048 · organisation 254048

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Other
Registered
20 November 1967
Removed
Not supplied
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£26,737
Latest expenditure
£20,765
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 43 Grosvenor Crescent, DARTFORD, Kent, DA1 5AP

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provision of support to the teaching ministry in the parishes of Gravesend and Dartford. Provision of relief by way of monetary grants to necessitous clergy in the Church of England Diocese of Rochester as constituted on 2 September 1704, and to provide for the maintenance of Doctor Plume's grave and gravestone in the Parish of Longfield.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

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
11 June 2025
Date Accounts Received
6 November 2025
Total Gross Income
£26,737
Total Gross Expenditure
£20,765
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
19 August 2024
Date Accounts Received
21 November 2024
Total Gross Income
£25,634
Total Gross Expenditure
£25,612
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
5 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£24,950
Total Gross Expenditure
£18,995
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
10 May 2022
Total Gross Income
£23,134
Total Gross Expenditure
£17,279
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
22 July 2021
Total Gross Income
£22,581
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,850

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
Yes
Fin Period Order Number
1
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
11 June 2025
Total Gross Income
£26,737
Total Gross Expenditure
£20,765
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
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
2
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Due Date
31 January 2025
Ar Received Date
19 August 2024
Total Gross Income
£25,634
Total Gross Expenditure
£25,612
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
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
3
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Due Date
31 January 2024
Ar Received Date
5 October 2023
Total Gross Income
£24,950
Total Gross Expenditure
£18,995
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
No
Count Volunteers
0
Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
4
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Due Date
31 January 2023
Ar Received Date
10 May 2022
Total Gross Income
£23,134
Total Gross Expenditure
£17,279
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 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Due Date
31 January 2022
Ar Received Date
22 July 2021
Total Gross Income
£22,581
Total Gross Expenditure
£12,850
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

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups
Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
DR PLUMES TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1967-11-20T00:00:00
Charity Name
DR PLUMES TRUST
Charity Event Order
3
Event Type
Removed
Date Of Event
2009-08-19T00:00:00
Reason
Does not operate
Charity Name
DR PLUMES TRUST
Charity Event Order
2
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2009-09-18T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
SHCMES OF 26TH APRIL 1901, 13TH MAY 1930, 24TH NOVEMBER 1967 AND ORDERS OF 4TH NOVEMBER 1949, 2ND JUNE 1971 AND 13TH JULY 1977
Charitable Objects
$300 ANNUALLY TO EACH OF THE INCUMBENTS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE PARISHES OF DARTFORD AND GRAVESEND OF WHICH $240 EACH IS TO BE PAYABLE AS PART OF THE STIPEND OF THE CURATE IN EACH OF THESE PARISHES. SECONDLY: 1) PAYMENT TO THE INCUMBENTS FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE BENFICES OF WEST MALLING AND LONGFIELD OF NOT MORE THAN $100 EACH IN EVERY YEAR. 2) ASSISTING BY GRANTS OF MONEY NECESSITOUS CLERGYMEN BENEFICED OR LICENSED WITHIN THE OLD DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER AS CONSTITUTED ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1704: PROVIDED THAT NO ONE CLERGYMAN SHALL RECEIVE IN ANY ONE YEAR A GRANT OR GRANTS EXCEEDING IN THE WHOLE $1000 OR SUCH OTHER AMOUNT AS THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE. FOR DETAILS SEE VARIOUS SCHEMES MENTIONED ABOVE.
Area Of Benefit
DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER AS CONSTITUTED ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1704

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Policy Name
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Policy Name
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Policy Name
Investing charity funds policy and procedures