THE SONNING COMMON MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST

Registered charity 1071050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCOMIT

MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF KENNYLANDS MILLENNIUM GREEN. THIS IS AN OPEN SPACE WITH PATHS AND SEATS FOR WALKERS AND A GRASSED AREA FOR PICNICS AND INFORMAL RECREACTION. AN AREA HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR WILDLIFE AND A SPINNEY HAS BEEN PLANTED ASTRIDE SOME OF THE PATHS; IT CONTAINS MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES TO STIMULATE INTEREST.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM TO THE PROVISION OF THE PROPERTY AND SHALL ACCORDINGLY HOLD ANY PROPERTY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AN OPEN SPACE TO BE KNOWN AS "KENNYLANDS MILLENNIUM GREEN" FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS AND TO BE USED FOREVER AS AN AREA FOR INFORMAL RECREATION PLAY OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATIONS A MEETING AREA OR PLACE FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FOR ANY OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THESE TRUSTS AND FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE: SONNING COMMON

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

Causes: Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£149k
Latest spending
£6k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves increased significantly to £191,049.48, driven primarily by a £148,500 land sale rather than operational income. The trustees report that invested reserves now provide annual income to cover foreseeable spending, with no stated reserves policy target or material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/07/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

  • Volunteers: 17

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2022

  • Volunteers: 12

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£149k£6k
31/07/2024£381£3k
31/07/2023£28k£395
31/07/2022£40k£30k
31/07/2021£1k£2k

Common questions

Is THE SONNING COMMON MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves increased significantly to £191,049.48, driven primarily by a £148,500 land sale rather than operational income. The trustees report that invested reserves now provide annual income to cover foreseeable spending, with no stated reserves policy target or material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SONNING COMMON MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST£149k—0unclear—no doubt
STEYNING DOWNLAND SCHEME FY2026£101k——unclear—no doubt
SHENLEY PARK TRUST FY2025£457k——unclear—no doubt
Fields in Trust FY2025£1.8m£110,001 - £120,0004within15.0%no doubt
THE DORNEYWOOD TRUST FY2025£467k—0unclear—no doubt
DINHAM MILLENNIUM GREEN TRUST FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.