NEPTONS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 10 October 1963
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £15,345
Latest expenditure: £13,320
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: The Old Bakery, 15 Bull Lane, Ketton, Stamford

02 Activities

What the charity does

To make annual payments to a number of poor and needy in the London boroughs of Barking and Redbridge.To provide grants to students connected with the City of London.To provide grants to liverymen of the worshipful company of Poulters, their widows and dependants who are in need, hardship or distress.

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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: 14 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £15,345
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,320

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: 10 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £7,642
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,123

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: 27 May 2024
Date Accounts Received: 27 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £405,561
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,031

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: 16 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,869
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,081

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: 19 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £4,224
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,640

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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 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £15,345
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,320
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: 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: 27 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £405,561
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,031
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

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: City Of London
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: NEPTONS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1963-10-10T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME DATED 9 JUNE 1871 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 3RD FEBRUARY 1925 AND 7TH JUNE 1955 AND 7TH JANUARY 1985AS AMENDED ON 11 JAN 2017AS AMENDED ON 01 MAR 2017
Charitable Objects: THE COMPANY SHALL OUT OF THE YEARLY INCOME OF THE NEPTON CHARITY APPLY SUCH SUM AS THE COMPANY THINKS FIT, TAKING DUE ACCOUNT OF THE INCOME AVAILABLE TO THE CHARITY AND THE NEEDS OF THE BENEFICIARIES, IN RELIEVING IN CASES OF NEED PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE ANCIENT PARISH OF BARKING, IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM, NEWHAM AND REDBRIDGE IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY THINKS FIT.SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENTS AFORESAID THE INCOME OF THE NEPTON CHARITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE SUPPORT OF TWO CHARITABLE PURPOSES REFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE RELIEF IN NEED BRANCH AND THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE BRANCH, IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE COMPANY SHALL IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT. ANY AMOUNT OF INCOME NOT SPENT IN A FINANCIAL YEAR SHALL BE CARRIED FORWARD AND BE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE ON ANY OF THE CHARITY’S PURPOSES IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.THE RELIEF IN NEED BRANCH SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AND WHO ARE FREEMEN OR LIVERY MEN OF THE COMPANY OR WIDOWS OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS AS THE CASE MAY BE WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE PERSONS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED WHO ARE WIDOWS, IN EITHER OR BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:I) IN PAYING PENSIONS TO PERSONS QUALIFIED AS AFORESAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED.II) IN MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO SUCH PERSONS OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THEIR NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS: PROVIDED THAT THE COMPANY MAY PAY FOR SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES BY WAY OF DONATIONS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE OR WHICH UNDERTAKE IN RETURN TO PROVIDE SUCH ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR SUCH PERSONS.THERE SHALL BE PAID TO EACH PENSIONER A PENSION AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE COMPANY HAVING REGARD TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PENSIONER AND THE INCOME AVAILABLE TO THE CHARITY: PROVIDED THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING THE WHOLE OF THE PENSION TO ANY PENSIONER IN MONEY THE COMPANY MAY EXPEND ALL OR PART THEREOF FOR HIS OR HER BENEFIT IN SUCH WAYS AS IT THINKS FIT.THE ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE BRANCH SHALL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS AND IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES AND IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(1) SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON AND OF PERSONS RESIDING OR WORKING IN THE SAID CITY OF LONDON PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN TO PERSONS SO QUALIFIED WHO ARE SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF FREEMEN OF THE COMPANY;(2) PERSONS RESIDING OR WORKING IN OR ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY OF LONDON;(3) SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE AT ANY TIME RESIDED OR WORKED IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS,IN EITHER OR BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(A) IN ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OCCUPATION OR SERVICE, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH OUTFITS, OR BY PAYING THEIR FEES, TRAVELLING OR MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, OR BY OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR LIVING.(B) IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMPANY THINKS FIT.
Area Of Benefit: THE CITY OF LONDON

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 135384
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THOMAS AND ANN NEPTON'S APPRENTICING CHARITY

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment