THE LANCASHIRE AND NORTH-WEST BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 506167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and further the craft of beekeeping. To advance the education of the general public in the importance of bees in the environment.

Objects

THE ENCOURAGEMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND ADVANCEMENT, OF BEE-KEEPING IN LANCASHIRE AND THE NORTH-WEST REGION.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE AND THE NORTH-WEST REGION

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 provided are a handbook and branch reports rather than a consolidated set of statutory financial statements for the main charity, so consolidated financial data is not available. Individual branch reports indicate mixed financial performance, with some branches making losses or experiencing colony losses, while others report growth and successful fundraising events.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Viki Cuthbertsonchair
• Diane Drinkwater · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Bickerstaffe
• Martin Smith

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Bolton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Oldham · Sefton · St Helens · Wigan

Income and spending

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