BENT & BONGS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1133407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the charity as the trustees determine is the provision of grants.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £5,271 for the year ended 05/05/2025, with unrestricted cash funds reducing from £30,093 to £24,822. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the form and content of the accounts.

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 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• Astley Hire — “Thank you Astley Hire for supporting the beer festival since, well, since forever. We managed to trace some mention of them as far back as o…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN JOHN GLEAVE BSC
• CLAIRE JANE MARSHALL
• Darren Shaw
• Emma Louise Holt
• Gary Whelan
• George Valentine
• JAMIE HODGKINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL JOHN MEYRICK
• Michael Urey
• Samuel Robinson
• Steve Harrison

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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