BECKERY ISLAND REGENERATION TRUST

Registered charity 1120490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To conserve and regenerate, for the benefit of the local community the natural, historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the Beckery Island site that may exist in and around the town of Glastonbury.Present activities - Restoration of Northover Mill, Mill Lane, Glastonbury and acquistion and restoration of Baily's Buildings on the Morland's site, Glastonbury

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Latest income
£2.8m
Latest spending
£30k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £667,185 and free reserves of £5,072 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that a formal reserves policy is currently in development due to the growth in the charity's size. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£2.8m
Total spending
£30k
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£15k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£2.8m£30k
31/07/2024£863k£35k
31/07/2023£376k£55k
31/07/2022£12k£8k
31/07/2021£10k£5k

Common questions

Is BECKERY ISLAND REGENERATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £667,185 and free reserves of £5,072 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that a formal reserves policy is currently in development due to the growth in the charity's size. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 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 Fund06/11/2013£10k"Sport and Life: the story of the Bailey's Factories, Glastonbury"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BARDSEY ISLAND TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BECKERY ISLAND REGENERATION TRUST£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARDSEY ISLAND TRUST LIMITED FY2025£467k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TOWN MILL TRUST LYME REGIS FY2025£244k—0unclear—no doubt
GLASTONBURY ABBEY FY2025£1.9m—1unclear—no doubt
THE BECKFORD TOWER TRUST FY2025£235k—0below—no doubt
THE CORNWALL BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.