PAPPLEWICK PUMPING STATION TRUST

Registered charity 1097618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preservation and interpretation of Papplewick Pumping Station, Britain's finest Victorian fresh water pumping station and now an accredited museum. The Charity has a strong commitment to heritage and environmental education, in particular water supply and water management.

Objects

1) TO PROMOTE THE PERMANENT PRESERVATION OF THE PAPPLEWICK PUMPING STATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN HISTORIC PUMPING STATION2) TO PERMIT THE PAPPLEWICK PUMPIMG STATION TO BE VIEWED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE PUMPIMG STATION3) WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE EDUCATION ON THE USE AND SUPPLY OF WATER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE HUMANITARIAN ASPECTS OF WATER USE AND SUPPLY)4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £609,343 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total funds of £755,646. Per the trustees' report, free reserves held at year-end were £195,185, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet current responsibilities and long-term aims.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Papplewick Pumping Station Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GLENN CRAIG SAINTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr RACHEL LOUISE GOMES
• JOHN CHRISTOPHER BRITTEN
• Lisa Gee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Peter Leonard Armstrong
• SIR EDWARD WILLIAM JOSEPH NALL

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

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Government & lottery funding

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