WEALDEN CAVE & MINE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1113767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEALDEN CAVE AND MINE SOCIETY

THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED TO UNDERTAKE THE FOLLOWING: A)TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MINES, CAVES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SITES, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. B) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, MINES, CAVES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SITES OF SCIENTIFIC OR EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.

Objects

THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED TO UNDERTAKE THE FOLLOWING;(A) TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MINES, CAVES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SITES ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.(B) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MINES, CAVES AND OTHER UNDERGROUND SITES OF SCIENTIFIC OR EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net inflow of income of £13,796, increasing total net assets to £110,539. The trustees report that unrestricted funds are held as free reserves to ensure continuity of activity, with a policy target of six months' running costs. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts complied with relevant requirements.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• HOWARD WALDEN
• NEIL BALDWIN
• PETER BURGESS
• Ross O'Neill · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Kent · Somerset · Surrey

Income and spending

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