BEDFORDSHIRE BEE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1184466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Beekeeping is a craft which is learned through both knowledge and practical experience, informed by evolving good practice and ever-growing scientific research. Beds BKA aims to provide a high standard of training for members, and potential new beekeepers of all ages, and a range of services to support them. We hope to enhance public appreciation of the role of bees in the world.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PRESERVE THE HONEYBEE BY FURTHERING THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OF THE BENEFIT OF BEES IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £3,810 for the year, with total income of £44,601 and total expenditure of £11,537. Per the treasurer's report, the financial position remains strong with cash balances increasing to £32,770. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue activities in the coming year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Andrew Young. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Andrew Rubenschair
• Abigail Emma Hope
• Caroline Anne Jordan
• Colin Neil Hall
• Graham Keith Canfield
• Helen Frances Vaughan
• Jennifer Mary Tysom
• John Rankin Macdougall
• Karen Jane Glasse
• Mark Dominic Bolan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Walter Alabaster
• Michael Paul Niemann
• Neil James Blakemore
• Phillip Howes
• Richard Brecknell Dowsett
• Rosemary Ann Long
• Stuart Philip Davison
• Walter Julien Thrale

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

Operates in: Bedford · Luton

Income and spending

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