PROJECT NORTHMOOR LIMITED

Registered charity 1192314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PROJECT NORTHMOOR

We aim to advance the public knowledge of Tolkien and the Inklings, as well as to advance education in the arts and crafts. In practice this means two main areas of activity. Online we hold fantasy writing courses, livestreams on Tolkien/Inkling subjects, and produce a weekly podcast Mythmakers. In-person we are establishing a centre for scholars/learners and hold educational courses in Oxford.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH PROJECT NORTHMOOR LIMITED IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:1. TO PRESERVE 20 NORTHMOOR ROAD, OXFORD AS THE FORMER HOME OF JRR TOLKIEN AND WHERE THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS WERE WRITTEN;2. TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE LIFE, FAITH AND WORKS OF JRR TOLKIEN AND THE INKLINGS; 3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS INCLUDING THE ARTS OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE.

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 FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £52,964 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £234,206 to £181,242. Expenditure significantly exceeded income, driven by high property and staffing costs, although the trustees state the financial position remains stable. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 13002586

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Project Northmoor (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• KYAZZE, Amelia Bookstein — director, appointed 15/12/2021on trustee list
• PEARSON, Nigel Ian Campbell, Dr — director, appointed 06/11/2020on trustee list
• SHELDON, Simon James — director, appointed 06/11/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 8.6% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amelia Bookstein Kyazze
• Dr NIGEL PEARSON
• Simon Sheldon

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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