COMBE MILL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1111029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of the public by the operation of Combe Mill, demonstrating, recording. preserving, practising, researching and disseminating the whole range of skills in the construction, maintenance, operation and associated activities of water- and steam-powered mills along with items directly associated with Combe Mill, the Blenheim Estate and Oxfordshire.

Objects

4 The charity?s objects (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to the following: (1) to advance the education of the public by the operation of Combe Mill at Blenheim Palace Sawmill, Combe, Witney, demonstrating, recording preserving, practising and disseminating the whole range of skills in the construction, maintenance, operation and associated activities of water and steam-powered mills, along with items directly associated with Combe Mill, the Blenheim Estate and Oxfordshire. (2) to research, establish, restore, maintain and equip Combe Mill to demonstrate, improve and teach the design, construction, operation and use of water- and steam-powered mills for the purpose of the education of the public, together with the dissemination of the results of any research conducted and to carry out works for the improvement, development and promotion of Combe Mill. (3) to establish and maintain a museum for the benefit of the public.

Area of benefit: COMBE, LONG HANBOROUGH, OXFORDSHIRE

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: West Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had an excess of receipts over expenditure of £3,683 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £56,713. The trustees' reserves policy aims to hold one year's core costs, and the reserve fund stood at £35,000 at year-end. The directors confirm that resources are adequate to continue operating, with no material uncertainties noted.

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

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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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Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MR TONY SIMMONS CHARTERED ENGINEER
• Margaret Ethel Lillian Gruber
• Nigel Robert Evans
• Peter John Trowles
• Prof. Charles Richard Stone
• Robert Wheeler
• Rosemary Ralphs
• Stuart Bridger

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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