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the robert ford scholarship for creative design

The charity supports children and young people. The Robert Ford Scholarship For Creative Design is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Keswick and operates in Kent.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

To help the students of the late MR R Fords former school in their education especially those undertaking study of subjects falling under the description of creative design. However, he left it to the discretion of the Trustees that the fund may be used to advance any other educational purpose which is charitable for the benefit of the public as the trustees may in their discretion think fit

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£70,998
Latest Expenditure
£72,361

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 3.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 77.0%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 37.6%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £1,702,235
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £0
Investments £7,059
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £50,479
Raising Funds £15,058
Governance £9,600
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£70,998£72,3610 / 0
2023£23,256£59,4020 / 0
2022£50,549£70,0810 / 0
2021£19,909£48,1900 / 0
2020£1,709,294£65,537£50,479£1,524,675£1,524,6750 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
POWE HOUSE
PORTINSCALE
KESWICK
CA12 5RW
Registration Date
3 July 2019
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5133892
Charity Number
1184227

Trustees

Andrew Nicholas Shaun Carey
David Newman

Sectors & Classifications