BUXTON CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1076275 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objectives are to manage and enhance the Stiffkey Wildlife Reserve in Norfolk.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,353 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment losses that outweighed income and charitable expenditure. Despite this, unrestricted reserves increased to £65,053, and the Trustees consider the financial position satisfactory 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

Reserves policy: a cash balance of £10,000 in the bank account at all times (held: £65k)
The Trustees are conscious of the current need to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to meet planned as well as unforeseen fluctuations in income and expenditure and aim to maintain a cash balance of £10,000 in the bank account at all times. — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 12
A J F Buxton, Trustee, is also a director of Stiffkey Farms Ltd, from whom the charity received rent of £22,000 (2024 - £22,000) during the year. The charity paid £22,500 (2024 - £42,500) to Stiffkey Farms Ltd in respect of a contribution towards the costs of its conservation activities during the year. — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£47k£36k
31/03/2024£46k£61k
31/03/2023£126k£89k
31/03/2022£110k£97k
31/03/2021£60k£61k

Common questions

Is BUXTON CONSERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,353 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by investment losses that outweighed income and charitable expenditure. Despite this, unrestricted reserves increased to £65,053, and the Trustees consider the financial position satisfactory with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.