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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.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£168k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titlesin 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

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£168k£182k
31/12/2024£183k£127k
31/12/2023£188k£123k
31/12/2022£213k£102k
31/12/2021£64k£50k

Common questions

Is STOTFOLD MILL PRESERVATION TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/09/2004£50k"Stotfold Watermill"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BAND TRUST1£302k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST1£4k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TOWN MILL TRUST LYME REGIS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STOTFOLD MILL PRESERVATION TRUST£168k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOWN MILL TRUST LYME REGIS FY2025£244k—0unclear—no doubt
THE RIVER STOUR TRUST LIMITED FY2024£211k—0above—no doubt
WEST STOW SAXON VILLAGE TRUST FY2025£146k—0below—no doubt
BURGHLEY HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025£16.0mOver £60,00010unclear—no doubt
THE STOWE HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025£515k—0above—no doubt

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