BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 700898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conservation within the Area of Benefit (Borough of Bewdley on 31 March 1974).Promotion of civic pride in The Area of Benefit.Preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest in The Area of Benefit.Promotion of research into subjects connected with the above.

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

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds were £13,263 at year-end, with the Trustees describing the Society's finances as being in good shape. The charity reported a trading break-even position for its activities, though investment values increased by £557. Restricted funds of £10,194 are earmarked for specific community projects, including floodlighting.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

JAMES RICHARD PERRINchair
Anthony Edward Leach
BARBARA MARY LONGMORE · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Hilda Banks
David William Thursfield · trustee of 1 other charity
Edna Elizabeth Burton
GRAHAM LUXFORD
Jane Mcdonagh
KENNETH JOHN HADLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
Martin John GUARD · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Shaun Fisher
PETER ARCHER
PETER WALDRON
ROBERT WILLIAM LIMBRICK · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBERT WILLIAM LIMBRICK · trustee of 1 other charity
Richard John Willetts
Robert Charles Ireland
STEVEN CLIVE BENT
SUSAN PERRIN
Sharon Harvey BSc · trustee of 2 other charities
WILLIAM DEWAR

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£27k	£27k
31/12/2023	£13k	£14k
31/12/2022	£13k	£19k
31/12/2021	£10k	£10k
31/12/2020	£17k	£18k

Common questions

Is BEWDLEY CIVIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds were £13,263 at year-end, with the Trustees describing the Society's finances as being in good shape. The charity reported a trading break-even position for its activities, though investment values increased by £557. Restricted funds of £10,194 are earmarked for specific community projects, including floodlighting. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/05/2006	£5k	"A Project To Gather Records By Interviewing Local People About Their Past Lives, Events And Activities Relevant To The Heritage And History"
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/04/2006	£5k	Oral History Project