URCHFONT SCARECROW FESTIVAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1156450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further such charitable purposes as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may from time to time decide including the preservation and protection of good health, the advancement of education and other charitable purposes for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Parish of Urchfont in Wiltshire, primarily but not exclusively by the provision of grants.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF URCHFONT IN WILTSHIRE, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £37,418.16 for the year ending 30th June 2025, compared to £34,210 in the previous year. Total income was £95,587.69, while total expenditure was £58,169.53. The charity's funds increased from £36,959.35 to £38,139.51, indicating a stable financial position with no disclosed risks or uncertainties.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew David Hinton
• Carolyn Elizabeth Dolan
• Claire Francesca Barsby
• Claire Suzannah Young
• Daniel John Clarke
• IAN JAMES ROBINSON
• Kay Mortimer
• Kenneth Charles Mortimer
• Mr Steven John Osborne
• Robert Michael Dolan
• SIMON DREW CLAYTON
• Simon Johnson
• Simon Veitch

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

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