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THE MERE AT ELLESMERE

Registered charity 504672 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain the Mere property in its natural state for the benefit of the public.

Objects

PROPERTY HELD UPON TRUST THAT THE SAME SHALL FOREVER HEREAFTER BE PRESERVED AS FAR AS MAY BE EXPEDIENT IN ITS NATURAL STATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND SO AS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OPEN AIR RECREATION BY THE PUBLIC. CORRESPONDONDENT 1) SALOP COUNTY COUNCIL, COUNTY SECRETARY, SHIREHALL, SHREWSBURY. AND 2) THIS REGISTRATION APPLIES TO THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN PART 11 OF THE FIRST SCHEDULE OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED DEED OF 20 NOVEMBER 1953.

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.

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

Latest income
£48k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net income of £47,628 and expenditure of £47,628 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves to continue as a going concern. The charity is administered by Shropshire Council staff, and no staff were directly employed by the charity itself.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear
“The trustee has considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£48k£48k
31/03/2024£54k£54k
31/03/2023£41k£41k
31/03/2022£43k£43k
31/03/2021£49k£49k

Common questions

Is THE MERE AT ELLESMERE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a net income of £47,628 and expenditure of £47,628 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves to continue as a going concern. The charity is administered by Shropshire Council staff, and no staff were directly employed by the charity itself. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.