THE BAY TRUST

Registered charity 1026765 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RIPPLE DOWN HOUSE TRUST, THE RIPPLE DOWN HOUSE TRUST

To promote and provide for education and science in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, in particular but not by way of limitation in the fields of environmental protection, preservation and conservation; and to promote for the public benefit the preservation of the natural beauty, flora and fauna of St. Margaret's-at-Cliffe and such other areas as the trustees shall from time to time determine.

Objects

(I) TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR EDUCATION AND SCIENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION IN THE FIELDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION; AND/OR(II) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PRESERVATION OF THE NATURAL BEAUTY, FLORA AND FAUNA OF ST MARGARET'S-AT-CLIFFE AND SUCH OTHER AREAS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of £(1,759,172) for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £1,236,201. The trustees acknowledge a material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern due to net current liabilities of £250,677 and reliance on a related party loan from The Cleary Foundation that is repayable on demand.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McCabe Ford Williams. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 29/09/2025 (received 25/09/2026, 58 days after the 29/07/2026 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/09/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDMOND RUBEchair
• Elissa Pette

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SANDWICH BAY BIRD OBSERVATORY TRUST.

• SANDWICH BAY BIRD OBSERVATORY TRUST income £166k
• KAYE PEMBERTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £41k
• BAY HOSPITALS CHARITY income £828k
• THE BAY TREE CHARITABLE TRUST income £184k
• BAY CHARITABLE TRUST income £193k
• WYRE RIVER TRUST income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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