THE INDEPENDENT BALDOCK BEER FESTIVAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1163540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBF, Baldock Community Charitable Fund, THE INDEPENDENT BALDOCK BEER FESTIVAL

To provide grants & donations for charitable purposes for the public benefit in Baldock (Herts) and the surrounding area as are exclusively charitable according to the laws of England and wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. Principle fund raising activity is the annual Independent Baldock Beer Festival and other similar but ad hoc events

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a gross operating surplus of £7,970 for the year ended 31 January 2025, with total income of £68,151 and total operating expenditure of £60,181. The trustees report that the charity holds £30,000 in reserves, citing weather dependency and rising event costs as reasons for maintaining this buffer to manage cash flow. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not properly prepared.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TARA JANE GEEREchair
• BRENT MARTIN COPSEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Alistair Kieran Oliver Willoughby · trustee of 1 other charity
• Don Mckenzie
• Dr Duncan James Stacey · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Stephen Alexander Willoughby
• KATHRYN LOUISE STACEY
• Katharine Jane Copsey · trustee of 1 other charity
• MATTHEW JAMES GEERE
• PAUL EDWARDS
• STUART JOHN JOHNSTON
• Stuart Neil Judd

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

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