BEE IMPROVEMENT & BEE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1200969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The overall Object of the Association is the conservation, restoration, study, selection, and improvement for the public benefit of the native honey bee of Britain and Ireland (Apis mellifera mellifera), and of near-native and locally adapted honey bees. It does this by: information, education, applied and scientific research and study, sustainable beekeeping, and conservation initiatives.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £25,441 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a net balance of £163,398. The trustees describe this as a healthy financial position, noting that the charity has no paid employees and relies on volunteers. However, they anticipate a small net revenue and expenditure deficit in 2025 due to planned new initiatives.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nicholas Colin Mawbychair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Emma Buckley
• Gareth Edward Newell Trehearn · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karl Colyer
• Lynn Dora Cartwright · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martina Hendry
• Michael Andrews
• Roger Andrew Frank Patterson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen Paul McGrath

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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