Plunkett Foundation

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£1,425,128 latest income

What it does

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A. PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES,B. MANAGING PROJECTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR, ANDC. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY CONCERNING THOSE ORGANISATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: BEING RESIDENT IN A RURAL LOCALITY WHICH LACKS, OR HAS RESTRICTED ACCESS TO, ADEQUATE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OR WHICH HAS REDUCED OR LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT OR CAREER PROSPECTS; UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY). 2. THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF RURAL POVERTY, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR DIRECTED TO THAT AIM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A. PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICES,B. MANAGING PROJECTS INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR, ANDC. CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY CONCERNING THOSE ORGANISATIONS. 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR AND THEIR POTENTIAL TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION PRIMARILY IN RURAL AREAS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. IN THESE OBJECTS THE TERM ‘COMMUNITY BUSINESS SECTOR’ MEANS CO-OPERATIVES, SOCIAL ENTERPRISES, COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS (ALL BEING A TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT TRADES PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT, AND WHICH IS DEMOCRATICALLY OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/04/1948AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/1956AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/08/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/06/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 SEP 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 SEP 2023

Trustees (11)

• Adrian Smithage 57 since 2022
• Alexander Beggage 36 since 2022
• Alison Jeffersage 60 since 2023
• Charles Campionage 65 since 2025
• Helen Margaret Jacksonage 68 since 2024
• Jeevan Jonesage 32 since 2023
• Robert Gordon Hector-Donnellanage 39 since 2024
• Robin Paul Fieth BA FCAage 62 since 2025
• Ruth Mcareaveyage 54 since 2022
• Suzanna Patchett since 2022
• Toby Sandisonage 36 since 2025

Linked company (Companies House)

Plunkett Foundation · 00213235 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/04/1926

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