WCIT CHARITY REVIEW
FUNDRAISING
05
An impressive year of fundraising by our ever
generous membership
Total amount raised in 2018
£148,215
As well as this financial generosity, our
members provided thousands of hours of
pro bono time. The Board of the Charity and
the Court wish to thank very warmly each
and every one of you who has contributed
funds and/or pro bono time to all the
wonderful projects that we support.
Charitable giving is at the heart of our livery
activity and we would love every Company
member to be a donor to our Charity.
Committees,
Continuous Committed Giving
Panels and
(CCG) 70%
their members
make extremely
valuable
contributions of (including Gift Aid of £17,819)
pro bono time,
which is not
Another fantastic year of fundraising from
the very generous membership enabled CCG
included in
(our
Continuous Committed Giving scheme)
this financial
to increase to over £98,000 – an amazing
analysis
achievement.
£98,229
CCG is a great way to support us. It gives us
forward visibility and confidence in our
income, and this allows us to manage our
commitments and grants effectively.
The inspirational Lyke Wake Walkers raised
£9,668 by walking 40 miles, in one go, across
the North York Moors – through the night!
The Entrepreneurs Panel raised a fantastic
£10,000 at the Enterprise Awards, and the
Events Panel contributed a superb £2,265.
Panels and Committees making a surplus
contributed other large sums this year,
including a generous donation of £1,000 from
the Equality Committee and £1,260 from the
annual WCIT Golf Day, plus many others.
Other donations 13%
£26,374
(including Gift Aid of £2,766)
We received two thoughtful legacies from
our much missed members, Sir Brian Thomas
Neill and Mr Dennis Blackwell.
Other personal and business donations
contribute to the third leg of our fundraising.
Some members prefer to make occasional
one-off donations or give to our Charity
through workplace giving schemes.
We also received two very generous
restricted donations from Dame Stephanie
Shirley CH and The Martin Laing Foundation.
These sums include Gift Aid of
Events and WCIT Panels
fundraising 17%
£23,612
Panel, Committee and members’ activities
are the second key part of the Company’s
charitable fundraising activities.
£20,585
Donations and fundraising ideas
For more information on joining CCG, making a
donation or organising a fundraising event,
please contact [email protected].