PETER ADAMS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 21 March 2003
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £341,634
Latest expenditure: £231,835
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: THE THORNE ESTATE OFFICE, FORGE HILL, BETHERSDEN, ASHFORD, KENT, TN26 3AF

Website recorded by the regulator: www.peteradamstrust.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Assistance to a local residents with further education interests and activities etc, assisting local community village halls in different locations with refurbishment/improvement works, assisting finance for recreational local clubs with repairs to facilities, vouchers to pensioners within a parish, conservation works, assistance to a local Scout and Guide group etc

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: 4 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 4 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £341,634
Total Gross Expenditure: £231,835

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: 10 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 10 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £314,378
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,691

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: 18 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £300,263
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,060

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: 9 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 9 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £304,694
Total Gross Expenditure: £290,838

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: 13 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 13 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £298,237
Total Gross Expenditure: £210,803

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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: 4 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £341,634
Total Gross Expenditure: £231,835
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 10 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £314,378
Total Gross Expenditure: £244,691
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: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 18 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £300,263
Total Gross Expenditure: £216,060
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: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 9 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £304,694
Total Gross Expenditure: £290,838
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: 5
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: 13 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £298,237
Total Gross Expenditure: £210,803
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: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other 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: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Kent
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: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 111
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Animals

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PETER ADAMS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2003-03-21T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 24 JANUARY 2003
Charitable Objects: 1. TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR LOCAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING TRANSPORT, BOOKS, CLOTHING, FEES AND OTHER ITEMS AS THE SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DEEM APPROPRIATE.2. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF PERSONS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.3. TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF OLD AGE, SICKNESS AND DISABILITY, INCLUDING GIFTS FOR HOMES AND IF THE TRUSTEES THINK IT APPROPRIATE OR DESIRABLE THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR SUFFERERS OR OF ACCOMMODATION OR SUBSIDISED ACCOMMODATION FOR NEEDY PERSONS WHO ARE OR WISH TO BE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.4. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.5. TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND PROTECTION.6. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OR SUCH OTHER COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT. REFERENCE IN THIS CLAUSE TO LOCAL OR LOCAL COMMUNITY SHALL MEAN BETHERSDEN VILLAGE COMMUNITY, KENT OR SUCH OTHER COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: BETHERSDEN, KENT

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures