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FRIENDS OF PAXTON PITS NATURE RESERVE

Registered charity 1125221 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FPPNR

Through volunteer action, The Friends works to: enhance habitat and create new habitat for wildlife at Paxton Pits; achieve expansion of the nature reserve; enhance visitor facilities and the visitor experience; promote and provide information about the Reserve and its wildlife through public events, publications and the Reserve website, and support informal and formal educational activities.

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Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£70k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £16,641 for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £253,456. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position to meet future challenges and has no material uncertainties regarding its continuing as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: surplus on refreshments and sales
“In 2024, these sources generated £14008 (subscriptions), £9095 (donations), and £36156 (surplus on refreshments and sales).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: FPPNR received support and habitat management expertise from Aggregate Industries (AI), operators of Little Paxton Quarry, which is part of the planned extension to the reserve.
“FPPNR is grateful to Aggregate Industries (AI), operators of Little Paxton Quarry, for their support and to HDC CS for staff involvement and equipment. FPPNR continued to work with AI to enhance the quality of the wildlife habitat which has been created within the company’s quarry.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£88k£70k
31/12/2023£93k£152k
31/12/2022£67k£76k
31/12/2021£90k£53k
31/12/2020£57k£48k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF PAXTON PITS NATURE RESERVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £16,641 for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £253,456. The trustees confirm the charity is in a strong financial position to meet future challenges and has no material uncertainties regarding its continuing as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.