MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1159052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Beekeeping and Training of Beekeepers. The advancement of beekeeping. Promoting the advantages and benefits of bees to all within the environment

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE UNDERSTANDING OF BEES AND BEEKEEPING AND PRACTICE OF GOOD BEEKEEPING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT

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 · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £53,046 to £59,535 during the year, with total receipts of £74,266 exceeding total payments of £72,909. The charity holds no restricted or endowment funds and has no disclosed liabilities or pension deficits.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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).

• Ministry of [the Environment] — “Manchester and District Beekeepers’ Association have once again been given the prestigious Green Flag for Community Groups. Awarded by the M…” (source page)
• UK Government — “The Hive-Side Training (HST) programme is a government-funded initiative aimed at enhancing the skills and sustainability of the UK beekeepi…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Aaron Cornish
• Anthony Lomax
• Christopher Edmund HAIGHTON · trustee of 2 other charities
• Daniel James Cook
• Fay Kathleen Wiblin
• Ian Whatmough
• Mark Rendall
• Michael Green
• Ron Birrell

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Cheshire East · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport

Income and spending

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