GLOUCESTERSHIRE ORCHARD TRUST

Registered charity 1137917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOUCESTERSHIRE ORCHARD GROUP

The conservation of orchards and the biological diversity associated therewithResearch into orchards and fruit identificationThe maintainance and management of orchards for the conservation of old or rare varietiesThe promotion of sources distributing propagating material and the produce of traditional fruit varietiesThe promotion of orchard products

Objects

To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment, including biological diversity, through the conservation and celebration of Gloucestershire’s orchards. To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment in the form of Gloucestershire’s orchards.

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 accounts state that the charity's financial position remained very healthy with a significant surplus for the year, resulting in total funds of £267,033. The trustees resolved to designate £100,000 to an orchard acquisition fund, leaving unrestricted reserves at £137,707. The charity expects to run at an affordable deficit in 2026 due to increased activity levels.

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 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Murray Ellis
• CHRISTOPHER CHARLES WEDGE
• DAVID CHRISTOPHER PHILIP KASPAR
• David Richard Lindgren
• HELEN MARY BRENT-SMITH
• Stephen Garry Mason
• WILLIAM MEYRICK BRENTNALL

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).