FRIENDS OF BRANDON WOOD

Registered charity 1075053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To conserve and enhance the natural beauty and amenity of the area of Brandon Wood including Flora and Fauna natural to it and to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for education, recreation or other leisure activities in the interests of social welfare with a view to improving the conditions of life.

Objects

TO CONSERVE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND AMENITY OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT OF BRANDON WOOD INCLUDING FLORA AND FAUNA NATURAL TO IT OR AS MAY BE COMPATIBLY INTRODUCED THERETO AND TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: BRANDON WOOD WARWICKSHIRE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity returned a surplus of £8,786 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £89,034. The trustees confirm that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying their stated policy target. The filing confirms the charity is prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID ANTHONY CARDUSchair
• ANDREW ROBERT KIRBY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Sinclair-Taylor
• JOHN DAVID SELLS
• ROBERT JOHN CARDUS
• VIVIEN ROSAMUND WOOD
• WILLIAM ANDREW IRELAND

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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