ILCHESTER NATURE TRUST

Registered charity 1196458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Ilchester Nature Trust carries out the following activities in furtherance of its charitable objectives:- planting of trees and other activities that improve the natural environment- working with the local community, particularly Ilchester Primary School, to promote understanding of, and participation in, the natural environment.

Objects

(1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY; AND(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,193 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £2,032,974. The trustees report that free reserves stood at £268,289, which they consider sufficient to meet working capital requirements against a background of no external funding. The charity confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Patrick Youngchair
• David John Taylor
• Rev Daniel George Harding Young
• Robert David Arthur Rhys

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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