Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    THORNBOROUGH AND COOMBS WOODLANDS ENTERPRISE TRUST 

    The Thornborough and Coombs Woodlands Enterprise Trust exists to preserve and enhance nearly 200 acres of green space known locally as Thornborough Woods as well as a historic limestone quarry in the Parish of Thornborough, near Buckingham. The Trust is responsible for ensuring that the woods and quarry and maintained so that current and future residents can benefit from the biodiversity.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23*£15£12£3n/an/an/an/an/a22
    31/03/22£16£18£-1n/an/an/an/an/a18
    31/03/21£24£14£10n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/20£11£14£-4n/an/an/an/an/a20
    31/03/19£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
    31/03/18£7£9£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£21£13£8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£7£4£3£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 9 years

    www.thornboroughwoods.org.uk

    trustee@thornboroughwoods.co.uk

    07768695069

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    GiG Classification
    • Museums, parks, historical sites
    How it operates
    • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
    Where it operates
    • Buckinghamshire,
    Who it helps
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 22 volunteers

    Who's supporting them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/09/2015, number: 1163451
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • 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
    • 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
    Filing Record
    8 returns made; AR23: 99 days late,
    Main office

    4 Thornton Road
    Lower End
    Thornborough
    Bucks
    MK18 2DE

    Objectives

    (1) THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE LOCAL GREEN OPEN SPACE THAT IS KNOWN AS THORNBOROUGH COMMUNITY WOODLAND IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE FOR ITS BIODIVERSITY AND GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.(2) IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE THE LOCAL GREEN OPEN SPACE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE BIODIVERSITY AND FEATURES OF THE LOCAL GREEN OPEN SPACE AND ALSO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN THE SPACE.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    CharityBase
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