MARCHER APPLE NETWORK

Registered charity 1095151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Identify and propagate old & rare varieties of apples & pears in English & Welsh border counties. Supply graftwood to people wishing to plant such trees. Publish books & CDs giving pomological advice. Encourage local primary school children to use a recently acquired site-a-gift for environmental educational purposes. Attend shows to disseminate information and give talks to various groups.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH, IDENTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION BY ANY RECOGNISED MEANS, OF OLD VARIETIES OF APPLES, PEARS AND OTHER FRUITS FOUND GROWING IN THE MARCHES AREA OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND ELSEWHERE, AND TO MAKE COLLECTED INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANISATIONS BY DISPLAYS, DEMONSTRATIONS, TALKS OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £70,487, up from £68,411 the previous year, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £2,076. The charity reported no employees and no trustee remuneration, relying instead on volunteers and a small number of part-time ad-hoc staff. The independent examiners confirmed that the accounts comply with legal and accounting requirements without drawing attention to any matters requiring further understanding.

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 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.

• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03787303

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.

• BUSTIN, Philip John Ryall — director, appointed 09/11/2024on trustee list
• RICHARDS-PRICE, Steven — director, appointed 09/11/2024on trustee list
• NASON, James — director, appointed 12/01/2024on trustee list
• PILLOW, Andrew John — director, appointed 12/10/2013on trustee list
• PILLOW, Andrew John — secretary, appointed 01/01/2014

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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

• Dr Stephen Ainsleigh Ricechair
• Andrew John Pillow
• James Nason
• Philip Bustin
• Steven Richards-Price

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

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Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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