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Ardfoyle Trust

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £49.0K

  • Spending

    £52.4K

Charity no. 103536 Date registered. 06/10/2015

Public benefits

Ardfoyle Trust (‘AT’) makes grants of money to organisations and individuals working worldwide in furtherance of its purposes. For example, AT has supported Gideons International, the Northern Ireland Hospice in Northern Ireland, Child Evangelism Fellowship working in the Republic of Ireland, Wakisa Ministries in Uganda and YWAM Ministries

working in Brazil with street children. AT also makes premises owned by it available for charitable purposes For example, AT has made premises available to YMCA on a long lease at a nominal rent provided that it continues to observe the aims of its constitution. The benefit flowing from these purposes are: 1. The improvement of spiritual and emotional welfare of people across the world. 2. The provision of education to people worldwide who may not otherwise be able to access education providing enhanced knowledge and education for these people and consequently in their communities. 3. The improvement of physical welfare and health of people across the world. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback and reports given by the organisations and individuals to whom grants are made and who occupy premises made available. The trustees seek details of activities and projects being carried out by those organisations and individuals to ensure that funds will be used effectively and to the benefit of the public. The purposes outlined do not lead to any harm. The safeguard put in place by the trustees (namely to seek details of activities and projects being carried on by organisations and individuals who it is proposed a grant be made to) seeks to mitigate against any possibility of harm arising. The beneficiaries of the purpose are worldwide. For example AT supports projects in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, UK, Uganda and Brazil No private benefit is foreseen. It is not intended that any grant will be made to the trustees. There is a potential of a private benefit arising if a grant is made to an organisation based in Northern Ireland that subsequently works in a church or school (for example) attended by a member of the trustee’s family. The potential of such benefit arising seems remote and any such benefit would be incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to all members of the public.

What your organisation does

AT makes grants of money to organisations and individuals working worldwide in furtherance of its purposes and makes premises owned by it available for charitable purposes

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • General public
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Physical disabilities
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Grant making
  • Medical/health/sickness
  • Overseas aid/famine relief
  • Relief of poverty
  • Religious activities
  • Welfare/benevolent
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 30 September 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The Trust is established for the promotion and furtherance of the Christian religion through: a. The relief of poverty, financial and social hardship as need may arise world-wide by providing goods, services, medical care and other grants of money for providing or paying for infrastructure, items, services, facilities and otherwise meeting need and deprivation b. The advancement of education of persons worldwide. Without limitation on the generality of this object to promote for public benefit the education of people in such ways as the directors think fit including by: i. awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further education or to prepare for entry to any occupation trade or profession on leaving any educational establishment ii. providing for basic education and facilities for education in underdeveloped countries iii. assisting in such ways as the directors think fit any charity in UK whose aims include advancing education of persons by developing their mental, physical and moral capabilities through leisure time activities c. The relief of sick and disabled persons (including combating addiction to drugs and alcohol and substance abuse) and promotion of their physical and spiritual welfare d. Providing financial support to evangelists, missionaries and organisations promoting the Christian religion

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

  • Tel: 02892674447

Public address

  • Mr James Mcfarland Llb, Mcfarland Graham & Mccombe, 41-43 Bachelors Walk, Lisburn, County Antrim, BT28 1XN

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr James Mcfarland Llb
Mrs Isabella Doris Allister
Mrs Sarah Margaret Mcfarland Bsc
Mr Peter Graham Llb
Mrs Karen Graham Srn
Mr Richard Colin Webster Llb

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
  • In The Uk