BRITISH ORCHID COUNCIL

Charity number: 1002945
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

BOC is an umbrella organisation for orchid growers, amateur and professional. It encourages the growing of orchids, trains and accredits orchid judges and organises and underwrites Congresses. It maintains a slide library and lecturers list for its members. Its website is a contact resource for anyone interested in growing orchids.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £4,029
Total expenditure: £3,147

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 May 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • B O C (Working name)
  • BOC (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Christopher Barker Chair 02 March 2025
None on record
Alan Mackenzie Trustee 02 March 2025
None on record
Alison Daphne Caldwell Trustee 19 October 2022
None on record
Philippa Illsley Trustee 12 March 2021
NORTH OF ENGLAND ORCHID SOCIETY
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £2.73k £1.91k £787 £856 £4.03k
Total expenditure £3.14k £1.44k £540 £648 £3.15k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 29 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 30 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 19 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 11 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 14 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 03/06/1990 AS AMENDED ON 01/03/1998 AS AMENDED ON 07/03/1999 AS AMENDED ON 05/03/2000 AS AMENDED ON 02/03/2002 AS AMENDED ON 09/03/2008 AS AMENDED ON 01/03/2009 AS AMENDED ON 04/03/2012

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY CULTIVATION, BREEDING AND CONSERVATION OF ORCHID SPECIES AND HYBRIDS BY MEANS OF EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, SHOWS AND INSTRUCTIVE LITERATURE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
43A Corser Street
STOURBRIDGE
West Midlands
DY8 2DE
Phone:
01384 378310
Email:
trustman@btinternet.com
Website:

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