NATURE IN ART TRUST

Registered charity 1000553 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust owns and manages a museum, Nature in Art, Gloucester, for the public good

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PUBLIC IN THE WORKS OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS AND OTHER ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS OF WILDLIFE ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS AND IN THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY GENERALLY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £142,736 for the year, driven by a significant unrealized loss on investments of £113,891, resulting in total unrestricted funds decreasing to £3,001,974. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, despite noting a tough year with reductions in donations and admissions income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Walkdenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Amanda Jayne Butler
• Ben Ash
• Christopher Temblett
• Dr TIMOTHY JOHN BRAIN OBE QPM · trustee of 2 other charities
• Haydn Jones
• JONNY TYERS
• LINDA BENNETT
• Lark Briggs
• OLIVER LEIGH-WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Turner
• RUNGWE KINGDON
• WILLIAM JAMES EYKYN FCA

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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