THE FAR FOREST AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 205210 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FAR FOREST SOCIETY

To promote community activities and sport. Annual horticultural show and other fundraising events.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE AN ANNUAL SHOW 2. TO IMPROVE AND PROVIDE AMENITIES AT THE SHOW GROUND AT WHICH SUCH SHOW IS HELD 3. TO BUILD UP A FUND OF MONEY TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THE SHOW 4. TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL INTEREST IN THE ANNUAL SHOW AND TO STIMULATE FRIENDLY COMPETITION IN HORTICULTURE, FLOWERS, BEE-KEEPING, POULTRY AND OTHER LIVESTOCK

Area of benefit: CIVIL PARISH OF ROCK

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 the charity holds approximately £60,000 in cash at bank, which is above its stated policy target of holding at least £18,000 to cover one year's running costs. The trustees report that the annual countryside show was a great success and that income from this and other sources is applied to facility maintenance and improvements.

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 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.

• 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
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Michael Guychair
• DAVID JAMES BELL
• DENNIS HENRY DUDLEY
• Michele Jane Lace
• Muriel Elizabeth Bell
• RAY ATTWOOD

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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