The Ideal Link

• We have good communications with many county charities and provide a real benefit to them and their causes.
• Work with large funders in the county sharing determination and vision to change the county for the better.
• Constantly pro-active in identifying real causes that need help.
• Donors who include companies, trusts, individuals and others also benefit in many ways.

Fund Management

• Fund Management sub committee.
• Fund Managers: Cazenove and Man Investments.
• External brokers: Coutts & Co.
• Costs are 0.75% up to £1m, then 0.5%.
• Commission on first £10,000 0.85% then 0.4%.
• Auditors: Horwath Clark Whitehill.

Community Foundations Network

• Community foundations operate in over 25 countries
• 57 community foundations covering 95% of people in UK.
• 45 community foundations quality accredited by CFN to standards endorsed by the Charity Commission.  (including Gloucestershire)
• Central UK body co-ordinates and shares ideas, liaises with government
• Community Foundations held about £163 Million in endowment at March 2008.  In addition, they manage other funds worth £12.7 Million; are pledged a further £10.8 Million and can expect at least £36 Million in legacies making a total of over £222 Million.
• In 2007/8 Network grants totalled about £66 Million.
• Grants benefit at least 20,500 voluntary and community groups in the UK.

Our Structure

• Patron
  Her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort.
• President
  Sir Henry Elwes KCVO.
  Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
• Vice Presidents
  Sir Michael Angus DL,
  Mrs Anne Cadbury OBE JP DL,
  Maurice Gran, Charles Green, Stephen R Hitchins,
  Robert Jones, The Rt Revd Michael Perham -
  The Bishop of Gloucester, Peter Stoddart and
  Michael Stone DL.
• Chairman
  Simon Preston DL.
• Vice Chairman
  Johnathan Carr.
• Voluntary Trustees
  Lesley Archer, Ian Brothwood, Graham Bruce,
  Anne Chambers (High Sheriff 2009/10),
  Jonathan Carr, Harjit Gill, Richard Graham,
  Tania Hitchins, Andrew Stone, Brian Thornton
  Chris Wakeman.

2 Full time and 1 part time staff

• Grants sub-committee.
• Finance and Investment sub-committee.
• Honorary Legal Advisors, Charles Russell.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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