THE KINGCOMBE TRUST

Registered charity 1054758 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KINGCOMBE TRUST

Offers engaging array of natural history, craft and art courses throughout the year. Surrounded by 185 hectares (457 acres) of Dorset Wildlife Trusts Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve, Kingcombe offers tranquillity in a landscape miraculously untouched by modern agricultural practices. We provide courses for all ages and abilities including children, adults and people with learning difficulties.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC AND AESTHETIC STUDIES OF THE ENVIRONMENT, MUSIC AND OTHER ART RELATED SUBJECTS LEADING TO A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BALANCED RELATIONSHIPS WHICH EXIST IN NATURE IN ORDER THAT MAN MAY BECOME MORE SENSITIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH HE LIVES AND ON WHICH HE IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT FOR HIS SURVIVAL.TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: DORSET

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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Merged into DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST (charity 200222) — merger registered 03/02/2011.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£395k
Latest spending
£424k
Registered
1996

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2009

  • Volunteers: 153

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2008 (received 17/11/2009, 17 days after the 31/10/2009 due date); year ending 31/12/2007 (received 23/03/2009, 143 days after the 31/10/2008 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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Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
18/10/2010——
31/12/2009£395k£424k
31/12/2008£460k£351k
31/12/2007£337k£294k
31/12/2006——