# ANCIENT CHARITIES OF HERTFORD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 207390
- **Other names:** THE CHARITY OF ANN DIMSDALE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=207390


## Contact

- **Address:** HERTFORD TOWN COUNCIL, THE CASTLE, HERTFORD
- **Postcode:** SG14 1HR
- **Phone:** 01992552885
- **Email:** town.clerk@hertford.gov.uk
- **Website:** www.hertford.gov.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE FROM TIME TO TIME SOME BENEFIT, COMFORT, LUXURY OR TREAT FOR POOR PERSONS RESIDENT IN PARISHES WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF HERTFORD

**Activities:** The Charity distributes grants to individuals in financial need in Hertford and the parishes of the rural district. Nominees come from local organizations such as the CAB, Social Services, NHS Primary Care trust and the local churches. The grants can be released very quickly on the verbal agreement of 3 trustees and the grants are later formally approved at a trustee meeting.

**Area of benefit:** PARISHES WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE FORMER BOROUGH OF HERTFORD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Hertfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £14617 | £2214 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £3300 | £1774 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3596 | £3497 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £1752 | £4090 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £4936 | £3362 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Janet Linda Bird** (Chair)
- ANN HILTON
- ELIZABETH ETHEL SHILLITO
- Joseph Thomas Whelan — appointed Dec. 15, 2022
- PAULINE GEALL
- Peter Allan Ruffles CCLr
- Rachel Elizabeth Carter — appointed Oct. 10, 2023
- Rev WILLIAM JOHN CHURCH
- Thomas Matthew Rustam Laidler