01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Other
- Registered
- 24 April 1997
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Latest income
- £14,030
- Latest expenditure
- £4,039
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: 16 Mill Lane, Halton, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 6ND
02 Activities
What the charity does
The trust provides financial support for Christian persons and organisations working to relieve poverty and its effects in the UK and worldwide.
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
- 18 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,030
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,039
- 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
- 23 July 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £1,522
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £800
- 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
- 5 September 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £8
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,200
- 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
- 26 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,200
- 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 January 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,600
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
- 18 August 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £14,030
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £4,039
- 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
- 1
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Lancashire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Peru
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- South America
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- North Yorkshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Cumbria
- 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
- 302
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- LANCASTER CRAFT AID TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1997-04-24T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 2 APRIL 1997
- Charitable Objects
- TO ASSIST AND FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK/MINISTRY OF THE REGISTERED CHARITY "TEAR FUND"TO ASSIST THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE REGISTERED CHARITY "TRAIDCRAFT EXCHANGE".THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND ITS EFFECTS FOR PERSONS IN THE UK OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO CHRISTIAN PERSONS IN LANCASHIRE AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS OF CRAVEN AND SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCILS IN THEIR WORK, AS THE TRUSTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD