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Magill Family Charitable Trust

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £136.4K

  • Spending

    £119.1K

Charity no. 109328 Date registered. 20/01/2023

Public benefits

Whilst a public benefit statement has been provided the Commission has relied on other evidence to satisfy itself that the public benefit requirement has been met. [What are the direct benefits flowing from your organisation's purposes?] The Trust achieves its objectives by providing financial support to charities, groups and individuals that

will lead to the advancement of the objects and purposes of the Trust. [How can the benefits identified above be demonstrated?] Those that receive a grant are required to demonstrate the direct and indirect benefit their work has on people receiving the Trust's support via regular monitoring and evaluation. [Is there any harm arising from any of the purposes?] No [Who are the charity's beneficiaries?] General public Voluntary and community sector [Is there any private benefit flowing from any of the purposes? Is it incidental and necessary?] No

What your organisation does

The Magill Family Charitable Trust is a grant making trust which achieves its objectives by awarding grants to individuals and organisations that work to advance the objectives of the trust.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The advancement of citizenship or community development
  • The advancement of amateur sport
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Voluntary and community sector

How the charity works

  • Grant making
  • Grant making

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The purposes of the charity (the purposes) are: To assist in the prevention or relief of poverty in Northern Ireland by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty. To assist in the treatment and care of persons in Northern Ireland suffering from mental or physical illness of any description or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness, or those needing end of life care by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve sickness. To advance conflict resolution, peace and reconciliation, good community relations and the promotion of religious harmony for the benefit of all the communities and people in Northern Ireland by providing grants, items and services to individuals and/or charities, or other organisations working to promote peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. To assist in the promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people in Northern Ireland from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society and 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: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; physical or mental ill health or disability; substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society) by providing grants, items and services to individuals and/or charities, or other organisations working to promote social inclusion . To promote participation in healthy recreation and in particular by the advancement of amateur sport in Northern Ireland by providing grants, items and services to individuals and/or charities, or other organisations working to promote healthy recreation and amateur sport. Nothing in the articles will authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes, which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable", or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom and/or Republic of Ireland and/or the European Union or elsewhere.

Governing document

Trust Deed or Declaration of Trust

Other name


  • 6 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 6 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Magill Family Charitable Trust, 82A Stranmillis Road, Belfast, BT9 5AD

Trustee board

Trustee
Mrs Joan Magill
Ms Joanne Magill
Ms Denise Magill
Mr Paul Shevlin
Mr John Leo Mcgurk
Mr Patrick Murray

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland
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