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The Harry And Janice Banks Foundation

H & J Banks Foundation

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1212225
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 20, 2025
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
Inkerman House
St Johns Road
Meadowfield
Durham
County Durham
DH7 8XL

Contact

Phone
01913786100
Email
[email protected]

Activities

The charity is a grant making charity focused on preventing and relieving poverty, advancing amateur sports and games, the development of talent and the arts, citizenship and community development, culture and heritage, in County Durham and the North of England (the Region). The charity may make grants to charitable institutions and causes identified by the Founders within or outside the Region

Objects: To Further Such Exclusively Charitable Purposes As The Charity Trustees May In Their Absolute Discretion Think Fit By The Provision Of Grants Or Other Financial Support Which May Include But Are Not Limited To:1 The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty By Making Donations To Those In Need And/or To Charities, Or Other Organisations Working To Prevent Or Relieve Poverty In County Durham And/or The North Of England (the Region);2 Supporting Those In Need By Reason Of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship Or Other Disadvantage In The Region;3 The Advancement Of Sports Or Games In The Region Which Promote Health By Involving Physical Or Mental Skill Or Exertion And Which Are Undertaken On An Amateur Basis. This Includes Supporting The Provision Of Facilities For Participation In Amateur Sport, The Costs Of Training And Equipment And Travel Costs To Facilitate Participation;4 The Advancement Of The Arts In The Region;5 The Advancement Of Citizenship Or Community Development In The Region;6 The Advancement Of Culture And Heritage In The Region;7 The Advancement Of Environmental Protection Or Improvement;8 Donations To Institutions Identified By The Founders, Or Either Of Them, Based Within Or Outside The Region, Which Have Exclusively Charitable Purposes

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England

Trustees

Name Appointed
Harry James Banks (Chair) Feb. 20, 2025
Christopher John Gill June 17, 2025
Helen Frances Keating Feb. 20, 2025
Janice Ann Banks Feb. 20, 2025
Lucy Elizabeth Hinds Feb. 20, 2025