THATCHERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Payments of grants to individuals and organisations within the community.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR SUCH GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING OR WORKING WITHIN SOMERSET (WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE PARISHES OF SANDFORD, WINSCOMBE AND ADJOINING VILLAGES, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT OR ESTABLISH AND, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO INCLUDE THE RELIEF OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THATCHERS CIDER COMPANY LIMITED (OR ANY ASSOCIATED COMPANY), OR ANY SPOUSE, BROTHER, SISTER, STEPBROTHER, STEPSISTER, ANCESTOR OR DESCENDANT OF SUCH EMPLOYEE, OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES IS DEPENDENT UPON SUCH EMPLOYEE, WHO IS IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE OR DISTRESS.

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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Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £7,587, recovering from a deficit of £19,260 in the prior year. The charity received £71,058 in donations and incurred £44,211 in charitable expenditure, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirm the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09396110

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SMITH, Philip — director, appointed 20/01/2015not on trustee list
• THATCHER, Anne Louise — director, appointed 20/01/2015on trustee list
• THATCHER, Martin — director, appointed 20/01/2015on trustee list
• WILLIAMSON, Michael — director, appointed 20/01/2015not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Thatcherchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANNE LOUISE THATCHER
• Andrew Farron
• KELLI COXHEAD
• MIKE WILLIAMSON
• PHIL SMITH

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

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