BURDENS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 17 June 1977
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £66,675
Latest expenditure: £59,121
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: c/o Castlefield, The Hive, 51 Lever Street, MANCHESTER, M1 1FN

02 Activities

What the charity does

The charity's main activity is making grants out of the income of the trust fund to support charitable organisations. There are no formal restrictions on the charitable activities which can be supported but the charity's main activities currently embrace the prevention and relief of acute poverty, substantially through the medium of education and healthcare especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 April 2026
Date Accounts Received: 10 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £66,675
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,121

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 13 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 13 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £82,223
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,655

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 April 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £461,755
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,801

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £6,960
Total Gross Expenditure: £94,064

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 14 April 2022
Date Accounts Received: 14 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £52,965
Total Gross Expenditure: £135,166

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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 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2026
Ar Received Date: 10 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £66,675
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,121
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

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Received Date: 13 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £82,223
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,655
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: 1

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 April 2024
Total Gross Income: £461,755
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,801
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: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 14 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £52,965
Total Gross Expenditure: £135,166
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: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Burkina Faso
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BURDENS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1977-06-17T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DEED OF SETTLEMENT DATED 6TH APRIL 1977 as amended on 06 Apr 1977
Charitable Objects: TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME OR ANY PART OR PARTS THEREOF TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE BODIES TRUSTS ASSOCIATIONS INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 58627
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: BURDEN'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management