GILLINGHAM FOREST LANDS CHARITY (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS MERE FOREST CHARITY)

Registered charity 201995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERE FOREST CHARITY

The Charity relieves, either generally or individually persons resident in the Parishes of Mere and Zeals who are in conditions of need hardship or distress by making grants of money.

Objects

RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF MERE AND ZEALS WHO ARE IN A CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF MERE AND ZEALS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1,688 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £87,696 to £86,008. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £52,100 and restricted reserves of £27,719, with no stated reserves policy target provided in the filing.

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 2 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW REES · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Rich
• Clive Hazzard
• Faye Harris-Yeates
• GEORGE JEANS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Heather Proctor
• RICHARD KEITH HUGHES
• RODNEY COWARD

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

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