STOTFOLD MILL PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1086392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve, develop and maintain Stotfold Mill, a building of special architectural and historical interest, as a working water mill and display of rural life artIfactsTo manage the conservation, protection and preservation of the adjacent Stotfold nature reserve and in doing so provide for the care and management of the reserve and the education of the public.

Objects

1. TO PRESERVE RESTORE AND MAINTAIN STOTFOLD MILL, A BUILDING OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL INTEREST, AS A WORKING WATER MILL AND MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; 2. TO MANAGE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ADJACENT STOTFOLD NATURE RESERVE AND IN DOING SO PROVIDE FOR THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE RESERVE AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE RESERVE.

Area of benefit: STOTFOLD

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £471,990, an increase from £416,219 in the previous year, driven by a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £471,990 against a designated contingency reserve of £50,000, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN ARTHUR GEORGE SAUNDERSchair
• Derek Burt
• Julian Hunt
• KEVIN DAVID BALDERSTONE
• Mark Wake
• Richard Coulthard

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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