CITY OF JOY AID, UK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 22 May 2000
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
Latest income: £142,314
Latest expenditure: £69,324
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 1 The Grove, Parkfield, Latimer, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1UE

Website recorded by the regulator: cityofjoyaiduk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

INCOME IS SUBSTANTIALLY DERIVED FROM DONATIONS OF READERS OF DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE'S BOOKS, VISITORS TO THE CITY OF JOY WEBSITE OR THROUGH PERSONAL CONTACT, WITH OCCASIONAL FUNDRAISING EVENTS. THE CHARITY SERVES AS A CONDUIT FOR MONEY DONATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SENT TO CENTRES IN INDIA.

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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: 26 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £142,314
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,324

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: 29 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,006
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,708

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: 27 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £17,994
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,101

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: 31 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,204
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,863

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: 10 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 10 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,311
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,982

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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: 26 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £142,314
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,324
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 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,006
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,708
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: Yes
Count Volunteers: 4

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: 27 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £17,994
Total Gross Expenditure: £23,101
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: 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: 31 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,204
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,863
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 10 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £30,311
Total Gross Expenditure: £28,982
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
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: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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

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

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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

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

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

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: CITY OF JOY AID, UK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2000-05-22T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 01/02/2000AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 23/03/2013
Charitable Objects: 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF INDIA WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP AND /OR ILLNESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL OR NATIONAL DISASTER OR BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING ESTABLISHING AND GRANTING AID TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE AND AID PROVIDING PHYSICAL REHABILITATION FOOD AND CLOTHING. THE TRUSTEES MAY GRANT RELIEF TO SUCH INHABITANTS THROUGH THE AGENCY OF OTHER CHARITIES. 2. ANY OTHER PURPOSES AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH SHARE AND PROPORTION AS THEY SHALL THINK FIT AND THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS DEED SHALL TAKE EFFECT SUBJECT TO AND ONLY SO FAR AS CONSISTENT WITH SUCH PURPOSES2. PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE TRUST FUND AND ANY INCOME THEREFROM SHALL NOT BE APPLIED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FOR ANY OBJECT OR PURPOSES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE AND SHALL NOT BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY OR CASTE FOR ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS OF A RELIGIOUS NATURE OR WITH ANY DISTINCTION AS TO CASTE RELIGION RACE CREED OR SEX.
Area Of Benefit: INDIA

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 368048
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE CITY OF JOY AID, ENGLAND

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment