SUSTAINABLE WESTBURY-ON-TRYM

Registered charity 1210296 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUSWOT

SusWoT aims to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment for the benefit of the community of Westbury-on-Trym We offer practical support to volunteers in Westbury, and on request in the surrounding areas, by providing knowledge and experience to individuals and organisations in other locations attempting similar improvements website suswot.org.uk

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF WESTBURY ON TRYM AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVICE, GUIDANCE, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, MANAGEMENT AND THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO LOCAL VOLUNTEERS IN WESTBURY-ON-TRYM AND SURROUNDING AREAS ENDEAVOURING TO IMPROVE THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND BY PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN OTHER LOCATIONS ATTEMPTING TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,988, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of between £3,000 and £5,000. Total receipts for the period were £35,520, primarily driven by a one-off transfer of funds from the predecessor unincorporated organisation. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, which reported no material matters requiring attention.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bristol Civic Society — “With help from the Bristol Civic Society and the Quartet Community Foundation , we are starting to take this idea across the whole city.” (source page)
• Quartet Community Foundation — “With help from the Bristol Civic Society and the Quartet Community Foundation , we are starting to take this idea across the whole city.” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Frances Joan Bragg · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Alexander Dunn
• Judith Elizabeth Viggars
• Richard Michael Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WESTMILL SUSTAINABLE TRUST.

• THE WESTMILL SUSTAINABLE TRUST income £78k
• WESTCROFT COMMUNITY CENTRE income £155k
• WESTERN SUSSEX RIVERS TRUST income £324k
• WEST DORSET WILDING income £287k
• THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST income £204k
• EAST SUFFOLK TRUST income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

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