GARGANEY TRUST

Registered charity 1094854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote either through its own act or by supporting other registered charities and for the benefit of the people of the United Kingdom the conservation of the heritage especially the biodiversity of Yorkshire and surrounding areas and in particular to manage Broomhill Flash, and to provide access, education, demonstration and research opportunities for learning about biodiversity.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BY PRESERVING AN AREA FOR CONSERVATION AN AREA AT BROOMHILL, SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS RELATING TO NATURE CONSERVATION.

Area of benefit: BROOMHILL, SOUTH YORKSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,211 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £193,346 to £178,135. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet the trust's requirement for stability to continue operations. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which will give the trust stability to enable it to continue to operate in the future (held: £178k)
“The trustees recognise the need to keep reserves at a level which will give the trust stability to enable it to continue to operate in the future.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Kirklees

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£43k
31/03/2024£74k£18k
31/03/2023£52k£25k
31/03/2022£32k£65k
31/03/2021£121k£43k

Common questions

Is GARGANEY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £15,211 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £193,346 to £178,135. The trustees confirm that these reserves meet the trust's requirement for stability to continue operations. The independent examiner reported that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure. Its FY2025 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 Fund27/11/2013£649k"Wings across the Ings"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/06/2000£90k"Broomhill Flash Biodiversity Project"