THE RETFORD CIVIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1004435 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RETFORD SOCIETY

Protecting and improving the environment in and around Retford by direct action, by lobbying and working with the local Councils and by raising the public awareness of their surroundings

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN OR AFFECTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (II) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (III) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: RETFORD

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bassetlaw, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £28,474.69 and total spending was £19,411.75, resulting in a net surplus. The closing balance as at 31 March 2026 is reported as £18,472.08, derived from bank balances and cash in hand. The independent examiner certifies that the accounts give a true and fair view of the society's financial position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK HUGH TURNERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Bruce Barnett · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT LAMB

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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