# WESTERN GAZETTE BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 259854
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 6, 1969
- **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=259854


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 WINCHESTER GARDENS, YEOVIL
- **Postcode:** BA21 4SD
- **Phone:** 07717854989
- **Email:** dave.drennan1958@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO PAY ANY PORTION OF THE FUND TO ANY DESERVING MEMBER OF THE PROVIDENT FUND WHO SHALL, IN CONSEQUENCE OF ILLNESS, INFIRMITY, OLD AGE OR MISFORTUNE REQUIRE MONETARY ASSISTANCE. B. IN ANY CASE OF SPECIAL HARDSHIP TO MAKE A GRANT FROM THE FUND TO THE WIDOW OR CHILD, OR CHILDREN OF A DECEASED MEMBER. C. IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES TO MAKE A GRANT FROM THE FUND TO ANY RELATIVE OR FRIEND OF A DECEASED MEMBER IF THEY CONSIDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE WARRANT THEIR SO DOING.

**Activities:** The sole objective of the fund is to provide funds for the benefit of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, who are or have been members of staff of the Western Gazette Company Limited and their dependants, or who are dependants of the said staff.

**Area of benefit:** SOMERSET




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Dorset
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £10934 | £18035 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £11620 | £42972 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £10884 | £36703 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £9427 | £27585 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £9334 | £18211 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN WILFRED MARTIN** (Chair)
- Amanda Pamela Jayne Alford-Field — appointed Nov. 3, 2022
- Carla Sullivan — appointed Oct. 31, 2024
- DAVID BASSET DRENNAN
- Kelvin William Lewis — appointed Nov. 27, 2015
- PETER LESLIE BROOKE
- REX ARTHUR LESTER — appointed Dec. 7, 2012