01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 23 May 2002
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 04259433
- Financial period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Latest income
- £0
- Latest expenditure
- £0
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: THE ROYAL TOWN PLANNING INSTITUTE, 41-42 BOTOLPH LANE, LONDON, EC3R 8DL
02 Activities
What the charity does
The Trust was formed to generate funds to support Planning Aid, a vital scheme to enable access to the planning system for those who might otherwise be excluded. Planning Aid is partially funded by Communities and Local Government by grant to the Royal Town Planning Institute. Other funding is required to supplement this grant and to continue expanding.
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Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 5 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 6 June 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 1 July 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 October 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 January 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 December 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 October 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 September 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £0
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £0
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- 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
- 112
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Environment/conservation/heritage
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- PLANNING AID TRUST
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 2002-05-23T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 26TH JULY 2001.
- Charitable Objects
- THE OBJECT OF THE TRUST IS TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND ART OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND TO FURTHER HIGH STANDARDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY:-A. INFORMING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HOW THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING SYSTEM WORKS AND IN PARTICULAR HOW DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE PREPARED AND HOW PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS ARE MADE;B. PROVIDING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD A PLANNING CONSULTANT FREE AND PROFESSIONAL ADVICE INDEPENDENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON PARTICULAR TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING PROBLEMS, ISSUES OR DECISIONS;C. EXPLAINING TO INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL GROUPS THE TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL MATTERS ASSOCIATED WITH PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ISSUES OR DECISIONS AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS OR LOCAL GROUPS TO PARTICIPATE CONSTRUCTIVELY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS;D. HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL GROUPS TO GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE TO PURSUE EFFECTIVELY THEIR OWN PARTICIPATION IN TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND RELATED ISSUES;E. UNDERSTANDING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND ITS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS THE COMMUNITY AND INTO OTHER RELEVANT FIELDS OF STUDY IN CONNECTION WITH TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (INCLUDING THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH).
- Area Of Benefit
- NATIONAL
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling