THE LOUGHBOROUGH BELLFOUNDRY TRUST

Registered charity 1166562 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the conservation and enhancement of the listed historic Taylor's Bell Foundry, its machinery, equipment and archives, for the public benefit.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE LISTED HISTORIC TAYLOR'S BELL FOUNDRY, ITS MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND ARCHIVES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND CRAFT OF BELL MAKING, BELL HANGING AND BELL RINGING (AND ALL ASSOCIATED SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES);(C) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; AND(D) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME SEE FIT.

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

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £1,058,180, driven by a £705,380 revaluation gain on heritage assets and incoming grants. However, the charity reported a net current liability position of £24,559, with creditors exceeding current assets, although total net assets remain substantial at £4,720,142.

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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 13/02/2026, 13 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 05/06/2025, 125 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW WILLIAM RONALD WILBY
• Ann Joan Hall · trustee of 3 other charities
• DAVID EDWARD POTTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sally Anne Brown
• Timothy Bradley

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LLEWELLYN EDWARDS BELL RESTORATION FUND.

• LLEWELLYN EDWARDS BELL RESTORATION FUND income £668k
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• THE LOUGHBOROUGH WELFARE TRUSTS income £36k
• THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED income £808k
• LUPTON TOWER TRUST income £49k
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Side by side with its peers

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