GRASMERE VILLAGE SOCIETY

Registered charity 506443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Contributions ?3000 to a new stone built bus shelter, ?1000 to disabled access to village hall, ?200 eradicating Japanese knot weed, Himalayan balsam volunteers, ?500 to Jubilee Fund.?200 to Allotments, ?250 Flood Group storage shed, ?1,000 climbing frame for playarea. Produce village newsletter. Litter picking, lobbying on planning and environment. Maintain amenities e.g. seats, 4 bus shelters.

Objects

(A) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (B) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF VILLAGE PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (C) TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROCTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC, OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: THE VILLAGE OF GRASMERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £4,948.24 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing accumulated funds from £54,878.95 to £49,930.71. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the compliance of the financial statements with the Charities Act 2011. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves in the form of bank balances across Cumberland and Furness accounts.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nick McCraithchair
• Andrew Astle
• Dr David Dodgson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ian Moreland · trustee of 1 other charity
• LEE ROLLITT
• Louise Sykes
• Marguerite Jenkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• STUART FAWTHROP
• Sharon Savasi
• Susan Anne Lennon
• Will Clark

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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Government & lottery funding

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