COMBE MILL SOCIETY

Charity number: 1111029
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To advance the education of the public by the operation of Combe Mill, demonstrating, recording. preserving, practising, researching and disseminating the whole range of skills in the construction, maintenance, operation and associated activities of water- and steam-powered mills along with items directly associated with Combe Mill, the Blenheim Estate and Oxfordshire.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £40,928
Total expenditure: £38,980

People

7 Trustee(s)

70 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:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Oxfordshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 24 August 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • 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
  • Risk management
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rosemary Ralphs Trustee 25 April 2025
None on record
Robert Wheeler Trustee 25 April 2025
None on record
Prof. Charles Richard Stone Trustee 09 May 2024
None on record
Nigel Robert Evans Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Margaret Ethel Lillian Gruber Trustee 26 April 2019
None on record
Peter John Trowles Trustee 18 August 2018
None on record
MR TONY SIMMONS CHARTERED ENGINEER 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 £24.70k £38.92k £38.63k £43.17k £40.93k
Total expenditure £12.76k £30.43k £33.40k £39.05k £38.98k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £20.68k £11.95k 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 March 2025 07 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 07 November 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 24 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 14 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 14 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 25 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 07 December 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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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 9 JUNE 1999, CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11 MAY 2005. as amended on 30 Jul 2021 as amended on 30 Jul 2021

Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE OPERATION OF COMBE MILL AT COMBE, LONG HANBOROUGH, OXFORDSHIRE, DEMONSTRATING, RECORDING, PRESERVING, PRACTISING AND DISSEMINATING THE WHOLE RANGE OF SKILLS IN THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES OF WATERAND STEAM-POWERED MILLS, ALONG WITH ITEMS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH COMBE MILL, THE BLENHEIM ESTATE AND OXFORDSHIRE. (B) TO RESEARCH, ESTABLISH, RESTORE, MAINTAIN AND EQUIP COMBE MILL TO DEMONSTRATE, IMPROVE AND TEACH THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND USE OF WATER- AND STEAM-POWERED MILLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, TOGETHER WITH THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF ANY RESEARCH CONDUCTED AND TO CARRY OUT WORKS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT, DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF COMBE MILL.

Area of benefit

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

COMBE, LONG HANBOROUGH, OXFORDSHIRE

Contact information

Address:
Combe Mill
Blenheim Palace Sawmills
Combe
WITNEY
Oxfordshire
OX29 8ET
Phone:
01993358694
Email:
secretary@combemill.org
Website:

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