BATH & WEST LOW CARBON COMMUNITY FUND CIO

Registered charity 1156710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE FUND DISTRIBUTES GRANTS TO LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS SEEKING TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS OR TACKLE FUEL POVERTY IN THE DEFINED AREAS. APPLICATIONS FROM PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY OF BATH & WEST COMMUNITY ENERGY (BWCE) PROJECTS ARE PARTICULARLY WELCOME. BWCE DONATES ITS SURPLUS PROFITS TO THE FUND, GENERATED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS COMMUNITY OWNED RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES; THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,552.07 as of April 2025, with total income of £45,116.68 and expenditure of £45,140.67 for the year. The trustees confirm that the charity is operating on a going concern basis and has complied with administrative duties by preparing basic 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair Graham Singleton
• Alexandra Clare Conlin-Oakley
• Caren Sophie Hooper Lea
• David Llewelyn Daniels
• Dr Simon Russell Forsyth
• Jane Wildblood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Leigh Richard Fairbrother
• Sheila Jane Gundry

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · North Somerset · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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