GREAT BARTON THANKSGIVING FUND
ARTS, CULTURE, SPORTS & RECREATION.
Objects
RECREATION GROUND AND PLAYING FIELD.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a financial surplus of £4,111 from total income of £32,308, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £85,506. The trustees have earmarked £30,000 as a Contingency Reserve and £46,000 for a Maintenance/Repair/Building Fund. The charity relies on volunteer work for routine operations, noting that without this commitment it would struggle to exist.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- 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
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- PETER FREDERICK FISKchair
- David Cooper
- Diana Sian Bilverstone
- GRAHAM TEE
- Ian Caulder Morgan
- Jean Ann Campbell
- Julie King
- MARGARET REDSHAW
- Margaret Anne Dunn
- William George Worsley CHARNAUD
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/10/2025 | £32k | £28k |
| 31/10/2024 | £31k | £31k |
| 31/10/2023 | £28k | £31k |
| 31/10/2022 | £21k | £28k |
| 31/10/2021 | £26k | £23k |
Common questions
Is GREAT BARTON THANKSGIVING FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a financial surplus of £4,111 from total income of £32,308, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £85,506. The trustees have earmarked £30,000 as a Contingency Reserve and £46,000 for a Maintenance/Repair/Building Fund. The charity relies on volunteer work for routine operations, noting that without this commitment it would struggle to exist. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 22/07/2005 | £195 | "This Group Will Use Their Award To Hold A Ve Day Celebration To Mark The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of The Second World War." |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/07/2005 | £3k | Party with Live Band To play 1940's Dance Music |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 21/04/2005 | £5k | Fire retardant curtains |