The Mobile Belfries Trust

Registered charity 1126164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHARMBOROUGH BELL TRUST

Provision of mobile belfries, to promote awareness of the historically and culturally important English art and science of change-ringing (as originated on church bells), by giving public demonstrations and information.Recruiting and teaching ringers in the wider community, especially young people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religion.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN BELL RINGING.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR BELL RINGING FOR THE PUBLIC WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING PEOPLE'S CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of resources of £1,552.22 for the year, resulting in a decrease in closing cash reserves from £7,930.14 to £7,747.10. The total net assets are reported as £16,018.24, comprising current assets of £16,018.24 and fixed assets of £51,000.00, less current liabilities of £8,072.10.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Taylors — “In 2024, through the generosity of Taylors, the Central Council of Church Bellringers, various Guilds and Associations and private individua…” (source page)
• Central Council of Church Bellringers — “In 2024, through the generosity of Taylors, the Central Council of Church Bellringers, various Guilds and Associations and private individua…” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN DAVID KERWINchair
• Alison M Everett
• Douglas George Davis
• Michael Charles Slowe
• PHILIP WILLIAM GAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGER GORDON BOOTH MRICS
• Simon John Louis Linford

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND DISTRICTS CHANGE RINGING ASSOCIATION BELFRY REPAIRS FUND.

• THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND DISTRICTS CHANGE RINGING ASSOCIATION BELFRY REPAIRS FUND income £12k
• THE ESSEX ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS income £49k
• THE BEDFORDSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS income £33k
• THE RINGING WORLD LIMITED income £349k
• THE GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS income £39k
• THE BATH AND WELLS DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHANGE RINGERS BELL FUND income £12k

Side by side with its peers

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