THE BEE FRIENDLY TRUST

Registered charity 1161614 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Installing bee friendly plants on London railway stations; running educational workshops; skill development with African beekeepers.

Objects

3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING THE CRAFT OF BEE KEEPING AND PROMOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT; AND3.1.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING, FINANCING, ORGANISING, CARRYING ON AND ENCOURAGING RESEARCH INTO BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS; AND(B) WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND THEIR PUPILS TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: ENGLANDMADAGASCAR

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £13,639 for the year ending 30 April 2026, with total unrestricted funds of £166,865. The trustees note that regular funding ended in April 2024 and reserves are being drawn upon, warning that activities will be at risk if new funding is not secured within the next two years. However, the trustees confirm that current reserves are adequate to continue operations 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 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jane Louise Turner
• ELIZABETH ANN VAUGHAN TURNER
• REBECCA MARY HALL

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

Operates in: Madagascar · Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST.

• BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.5m
• BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT income £1.1m
• BUSY BEES income £196k
• THE IMMIGRANTS' AID TRUST income £106k
• BUSY BEES PLAYGROUP income £176k
• BEES ABROAD income £209k

Side by side with its peers

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