THE WARWICKSHIRE BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1197656 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Warwickshire Beekeepers Association was founded in 1879 and is affiliated to the British Beekeepers Association. Our aim is to advance the education of the public and beekeepers in the craft of beekeeping and promote the importance of bees in the environment. We operate locally through 8 branches. To find out more visit: www.warwickshirebeekeepers.org.uk

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND BEEKEEPERS IN THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING AND PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE 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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £27,580, while designated reserves for branches were £134,241, resulting in total assets of £267,229 against liabilities of £1,500. The trustees report that the charity has sufficient resources to continue its operations, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to meet obligations.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Coxchair
• Bernard Brown
• Colin White
• David Blower · trustee of 2 other charities
• Denise Grove
• Jane Brown
• Jitesh Patel
• John Damian Fell
• Luke Jolliffe
• Mark Styles
• Muhammad Sharif Khan
• Nathaniel Hateley
• Philip John Rogers
• Ray Pearce
• Rev George Heighton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Stevenson
• Samantha Peckett
• Susan Passmore
• martin wibberley

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Coventry City · Dudley · Gloucestershire · Northamptonshire · Solihull · Staffordshire · Walsall · Warwickshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION.

• BRITISH BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION income £1.1m
• DEVON BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION income £130k
• INTERNATIONAL BEE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION income £740k
• THE WARWICKSHIRE CRICKET FOUNDATION income £1.6m
• BUMBLEBEE CONSERVATION TRUST income £2.5m
• WARWICKSHIRE GUIDE ASSOCIATION income £190k

Side by side with its peers

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