THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES

Charity number: 1063582
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The WFRS is made up of National Societies, including that of Great Britain and Bermuda, as listed in the Area of Operation entry. It works to promote the love of the genus rosa, its history, cultivation and development. It holds World Rose Conventions and Regional meetings. Full information on www.worldrose.org.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £58,237
Total expenditure: £16,360

People

14 Trustee(s)

1 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
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Gloucestershire
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Luxembourg
  • Monaco
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Northern Ireland
  • Norway
  • Pakistan
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Scotland
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United States
  • Uruguay

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 July 1997: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • (1) WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE SOCIETIES (2) W.F.R.S. (Working name)
  • THE WORLD FEDERATION OF ROSE COUNTIES (Previous name)
Company number:
03382562 Open in new window
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

14 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Gavin Woods Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
Robert Ardini Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
Vijay Kant Pillay Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
Sushil Prakash Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
Angela Boker Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
Ines Diaz de Licandro Trustee 03 November 2022
None on record
DIANA ANTONITION Trustee 03 July 2018
None on record
HENRIANNE DE BRIEY Trustee 03 July 2018
None on record
MIREILLE STEIL Trustee 03 July 2018
None on record
VIVIENNE BLACK Trustee 03 July 2018
None on record
Dr SHIWEI ZHAO Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
Douglas Grant Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
Inger Schierning Trustee 01 June 2015
None on record
DIANE VOM BERG Trustee 11 December 2012
None on record

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 £10.88k £7.20k £5.32k £19.94k £58.24k
Total expenditure £6.37k £4.13k £4.50k £27.39k £16.36k
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 14 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 14 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 10 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 18 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 11 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 08 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 JUNE 1997 AMENDED ON 16 MAY 2006, 14 JUNE 2007 AND 21 JUNE 2009. AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/05/2015 as amended on 15 Aug 2020

Charitable objects

(1) THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN HORTICULTURE AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONSERVATION, CULTIVATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROSE (AND ITS CULTIVATORS) AND (2) TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE ROSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
76 Bennetts Court
Yate
BRISTOL
BS37 4XH
Phone:
01454310148
Email:
dereklawrence@talktalk.net
Website:

www.worldrose.org Open in new window