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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.
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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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