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.

Objects

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 BY:(A) THE EDUCATION OF BEEKEEPERS AND THE PUBLIC AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIVE, NEAR NATIVE, AND LOCALLY ADAPTED HONEY BEES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN THE CRAFT OF BEEKEEPING AND IN SUSTAINABLE METHODS OF BEEKEEPING.(B) CARRYING OUT AND SUPPORTING APPLIED AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND STUDY INTO THE NATIVE, NEAR NATIVE AND LOCALLY ADAPTED HONEY BEES OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.(C) WORKING FOR THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INHABITED BY NATIVE, NEAR NATIVE AND LOCALLY ADAPTED HONEY BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LOCAL HONEY BEE POPULATIONS AND HONEY BEE HUSBANDRY

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 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.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

• Dr 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

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