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Dent Grammar School
Educational Foundation
Registered Charity no. 1012330
Address for Correspondence: c/o Margaret Harrison, Clerk to the
Governors,
Whernside View, Dent, Sedbergh, LA10 5QX
The Foundation is
constituted by its governing document, the Charity Commission Scheme
of 25 March 1992, as an educational charity in the Parish of Dent.
The Trustees of the Charity are the Board of 12 Governors
constituted under the governing document as follows:-
One ex-officio Governor, eight nominated Governors, four co-opted
Governors.
The Governors who have held office during the year ended 31 March
2010 were:
Rev. P Boyles, Mr Ken McClug,
Mr Jock Caines, Mr Graham Dalton, Mrs Wendy Cooke,
Mrs Linda Cragg, Mr Chris Evans, Mrs Heather
Fraser, Mr Brian Goad, Mrs Bronwen Osbourne, Mr Peter
Stephenson, Mr Ken Smith, Dr David, Wright, Mr Geoff Woof,
Clerk to the Governors: Margaret Harrison
The Foundation's bankers during the year ended 31 March 2010 were:
CafBank Ltd. - a money management arm of the Charities Aid
Foundation.
The following acted as agents of the foundation:
a) Surveyors/Land Agent: M B Hodgson & Son, Sandylands Road,
Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6EU
b) Insurance advisers: Bridge Insurance Brokers, 61 Northdown
Road, Cliftonville, Margate Kent, C79 2RJ
Aims and organizations
Students or
would-be Students under the age of 25 years are invited to apply for
grants.
They must have
attended the Dent C of E Primary School or your parents must present
live, full time, in the Parish of Dent with Cowgill.
Grants are made
in respect of study at any School, University or Institution of
Further or High Education approved for the purpose by the Governors.
The money awarded may go towards, for example rooms, equipment,
reasonable travel expenses, field courses and placement essential to
the course of study. Governors have the powers of decision under the
rules of the Charity.
The number and
size of grants are decided in early summer when the year’s
availability of funds is confirmed.
The Foundation obtains its income mainly by letting the two
residential buildings and the five small parcels of land (four
agricultural grassland and one a disused quarry site, at present
also used for grazing) which it owns either solely or jointly with
other charities, within the parish. Income is also received from a
further agricultural holding managed by Dent Combined Charities,
from bank interest and from occasional donations.
To
administer the property, to decide on the distribution of the net
income and to conduct the other business of the Charity, quarterly
meetings of Governors are held in village accommodation. The
Clerkship is a voluntary post; an honorarium is paid. The Clerk's
expenses are reimbursed.
Report 2009- 2010
Wendy Cooke
(Chair March 2009 to January 2010) writes
This has been a
very busy and somewhat difficult year for the Foundation
In early spring
the tenant from Flat 1 gave notice and we advised our agent. Mr
Chris Whelan was asked to find a new client luckily this did not
take long and has proved successful.
For various
reasons we saw the resignation of three Governors, Brian
Bannister, Jock Cains and Ken McClurg. I would like to give my
thanks for their work on the committee and at the same time welcome
Heather Fraser, Ken Smith and Chris Evans who have kindly agreed to
step into their shoe.
Also this year
our long standing tenant from the Grammar School house moved out,
this has given us the opportunity to refurbish the property. The
project should be finished by spring 2010, thanks to Margaret
Harrison our Clerk who has obtained extra funding from Cumbria
Country Council and has over seen the work of the contractors. As
committee members we are extremely grateful for her hard work and
achievement.
Because the need
to overhaul the Grammar school house, this year, we have been unable
to give any educational grants which is sad, but it was important to
restore the fabric of the house in order to secure income for the
future. When the house is complete we should be able to ask for a
higher rent than previous.
Ken Smith
(Chair from January 2010) writes.
After a number
of years Wendy relinquished the Chair, during her time she managed
the day to day running of the Foundation when she was recovering
from a serious illness. I joined the Foundation in October 2009 and
was elected Chairman in January 2010.
The Grammar
school house renovation was completed in May we spent over £32,000
to bring this house up to the correct standard for the 21st
century it is now a very modern and welcoming house with three
bedrooms two reception rooms and a good size kitchen, we are looking
for a new tenant.
We have two flat
in the Old Grammar School. We lost a tenant
in January and this has enabled us to review the property and up
grade top the correct standard. Our other tenant is very happy and
we are very grateful for there support.
We have reviewed
our costs and are looking at ways of maximising our assets for the
future. We will also be looking at ways of increasing the profile of
the Foundation in Dentdale in the coming months.
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