PENSYCHNANT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1019184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENSYCHNANT, Y SEFYDLIAD PENSYCHNANT

The Pensychnant Foundation works with many local naturalists and wildlife organizations, to foster the public's appreciation and understanding of wildlife and wildlife conservation, and to record and safeguard the wildlife and natural beauty of Wales

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Latest income
£62k
Latest spending
£59k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £2,858.07 for the year, with total monetary assets increasing to £147,333.89. The trustees note that the current reserve fund is estimated at about £5,000, which they state is 'woefully insufficient' given potential repair costs exceeding £500,000. The accounts also disclose a significant legal transition from a charitable trust to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that was not completed by year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Tea & cakes (14% of income)
Tea & cakes (&wine) 8,625.98
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Timothy Stott is Landlord and Trustee; charity pays market rent to him.
Timothy Stott is both Landlord of Pensychnant Estate and Trustee. Julian Thompson (warden) lives at Pensychnant, for which a full market rent is paid to the Pensychnant Foundation. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pensychnant Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Conwy

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£62k£59k
29/02/2024£51k£71k
28/02/2023£46k£36k
28/02/2022£35k£41k
28/02/2021£76k£43k

Common questions

Is PENSYCHNANT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £2,858.07 for the year, with total monetary assets increasing to £147,333.89. The trustees note that the current reserve fund is estimated at about £5,000, which they state is 'woefully insufficient' given potential repair costs exceeding £500,000. The accounts also disclose a significant legal transition from a charitable trust to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that was not completed by year-end. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/07/2006£5kMoth recording workshops