FOLK CAMPS SOCIETY LIMITED

Registered charity 255901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOLK CAMP HOLIDAYS, FOLK CAMP SOCIETY LIMITED, FOLK CAMPS SOCIETY

Organize Folk Camps throughout the year based on its objectives and aims.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ENGLISH FOLK DANCES AND SONGS AND OTHER FOLK MUSIC, DANCE AND SONG (INCLUDING SINGING GAMES) TO MAKE THEM KNOWN AND TO ENCOURAGE THE PRACTICE OF THEM IN THEIR TRADITIONAL FORMS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM)

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 unrestricted funds decreased from £108,456 to £106,901 due to a net expenditure of £1,555 against incoming resources of £128,467. The charity holds £76,328 in cash and has current liabilities of £48,263, resulting in net current assets of £46,793. The trustees report that the success of camps is dependent on venue choice and voluntary staff efficiency.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Barry James Pollard
• Claire Mycock
• Dr Melanie Golding
• Hilary Hill
• Jane Wheeler
• Jennifer Anne Hopper
• Laurie Glass
• Oscar Edward Roberts
• Susannah Savage

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOLIO THEATRE.

• FOLIO THEATRE income £125k
• FENLAND SCOUTS ASSOCIATION income £246k
• FOLKESTONE MUNICIPAL CHARITY income £157k
• WOODCRAFT FOLK income £1.8m
• GOSFORTH FIELDS SPORTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £475k
• RUDOLF STEINER PRESS income £243k

Side by side with its peers

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