MEDIATION BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Registered charity 1093803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A to C, ATOC, Alternatives to Conflict, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MEDIATION, BUCKS MEDIATION, MEDIATION BUCKS

Provides a community mediation service to residents of Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas. Trains volunteers as community mediators.

Objects

IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE THAMES VALLEY REGION (BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, BERKSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE) AND SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”): 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROMOTION OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION BY PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS, FAMILIES, ORGANISATIONS, AUTHORITIES OR GROUPS INVOLVED IN, OR LIKELY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN, DISPUTES AND INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT PRINCIPALLY BY WAY OF MEDIATION, CONCILIATION, CONFLICT COACHING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DISPUTES AND THE SKILLS OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES AND TRAINING IN MEDIATION SKILLS AND OTHER CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND RESTORATIVE PRACTICES AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PEACEFUL RESOLUTION IN THE INTERESTS OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING RESILIANT COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £93,333, with unrestricted reserves rising to £60,818. The trustees confirm that overall funds are sufficient to enable the charity to continue carrying out its stated objectives. The independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04443326

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CHURCHILL, Kevin Barry — director, appointed 01/11/2024on trustee list
• PREEN, Amber Dawn — director, appointed 01/07/2024on trustee list
• MIDDLEMISS, Phyllida Alison — director, appointed 07/03/2019on trustee list
• KENWARD, Andy Christopher — director, appointed 12/07/2017on trustee list
• INSTONE, Linda June — secretary, appointed 04/12/2021

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amber Dawn Preen
• Andy Christopher Kenward
• Kevin Barry Churchill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Linda June Instone
• Phyllida Alison Middlemiss

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Oxfordshire · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION.

• BERKSHIRE FAMILY MEDIATION income £72k
• WANDSWORTH MEDIATION SERVICE income £103k
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £4.3m
• CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD income £1.4m
• PORTSMOUTH MEDIATION SERVICE income £223k
• THE SOCIETY OF MEDIATORS income £378k

Side by side with its peers

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