THE BACUP NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

Charity number: 1045767
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To encourage interest in local flora and fauna and social and industrial history. To maintain and operate a museum, library and lecture programme to support this.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £13,767
Total expenditure: £18,221

Total income includes £1,998 from 4 government grant(s)

People

4 Trustee(s)

15 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Lancashire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 April 1995: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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
Janet Entwistle Trustee 06 October 2022
None on record
Wendy Ann Watters Trustee 06 October 2022
None on record
Christine Ormrod Mrs Trustee 15 January 2015
None on record
MARIAN CONNOLLY Mrs Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £24.92k £23.02k £15.50k £16.97k £13.77k
Total expenditure £9.54k £29.56k £14.57k £19.56k £18.22k
Income from government contracts N/A £300 N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £19.67k £300 £3.10k £3.86k £2.00k

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 March 2025 24 May 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2024 26 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 April 2024 89 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 09 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 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 23/03/1995 AS AMENDED ON 08/09/2011 AS AMENDED ON 17/05/2012 as amended on 19 May 2022

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE STUDY OF NATURAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES IN ALL THEIR BRANCHES AND ESPECIALLY TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF THE ROSSENDALE DISTRICT. TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE LOCALITY.

Area of benefit

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

ROSSENDALE DISTRICT

Contact information

Address:
170-172 New Line
BACUP
OL13 9RU
Phone:
01706874252
Email:
c_ormrod@hotmail.com
Website:

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