GERRARD AND AUDREY COUCH CHARITABLE TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 16 September 2005
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £84,555
Latest expenditure: £66,486
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Aaron & Partners Llp, 5-7 Grosvenor Court, Foregate Street, CHESTER, CH1 1HG

02 Activities

What the charity does

Providing assistance and support for charities and charitable purposes connected with - animals-rescuers at sea and seafarers-cultivation of medicine and surgery-churches in Merseyside

03 Official extract

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: 12 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £84,555
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,486

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: 4 September 2024
Date Accounts Received: 4 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £59,023
Total Gross Expenditure: £53,547
Accounts Qualified: Yes

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: 10 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 10 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £60,503
Total Gross Expenditure: £74,195

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: 5 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 5 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £40,603
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,541

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: 22 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £21,354
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,606

04 Official extract

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: 12 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £84,555
Total Gross Expenditure: £66,486
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 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 4 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £59,023
Total Gross Expenditure: £53,547
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: 10 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £60,503
Total Gross Expenditure: £74,195
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 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £40,603
Total Gross Expenditure: £58,541
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: 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 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 22 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £21,354
Total Gross Expenditure: £16,606
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: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wirral
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Merseyside
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Liverpool City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Merseyside
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: GERRARD AND AUDREY COUCH CHARITABLE TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2005-09-16T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 19 AUGUST 2005
Charitable Objects: 2.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUSTTO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIMEOR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OF THE FOLLOWINGCHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AS THETRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.(A) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH ANIMALS (B) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH RESCUERS AT SEA AND SEAFARERS (C) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CULTIVATION OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY (D) PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH CHURCHES IN MERSEYSIDEOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTEDISCRETION THINK FIT2.2 THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THEDATE OF MY DEATH, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR,ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THESAME, AND THE RESULTING INCOME, IN ANY AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME ASAN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIRRIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENTYEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.
Area Of Benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures