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The Royal Countryside Fund

SC048055Registered charity from 12 January 2018
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
Previous name - The Prince's Countryside Fund from 12/01/2018 to 14/09/2023
Charity Information:
Address The Royal Countryside Fund
13th Floor
33 Cavendish Square
London
Postcode W1G 0PW
Website https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk
Regulatory Type Cross-Border
Link to Companies House https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/
Object:
The objects of the Charity are: 2.1 the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment in farming and/or rural areas; 2.2 the advancement of education in all matters relating to farming and/or rural areas; 2.3 the prevention or relief of poverty in farming and/or rural areas; 2.4 the advancement of health in farming and/or rural areas; 2.5 the promotion, for the benefit of the public, of any charitable purposes and in particular charitable purposes connected with rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation throughout the UK by all or any of the following means: (a) the relief of financial hardship; (b) the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience; and (c) the provision of financial assistance to promote employment opportunities in farming and/or rural areas.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
Constitutional Form Date: 12 Jan 2018
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 17
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health", "the advancement of environmental protection or improvement"
Beneficiaries: "Children or young people", "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community", "Other charities or voluntary bodies"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2021 £1,575,547 £1,242,522 31 Dec 2021 Yes
31 Mar 2022 £2,379,389 £2,099,160 20 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £1,891,308 £2,455,583 12 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £2,500,162 £2,845,760 17 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £4,107,487 £3,940,485 26 Nov 2025 Yes Published accounts can be found on the Charity Commission website
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Andrew Phillips
Jonathan Warburton
Edward David Fursdon
Kate Rock
Christopher Sparrow
Jeremy Rupert Arnold
Janet McCollum
Stephanie Brimacombe
Heather Hancock
Charlotte Anne Marie Weston
Jamie Lindsay
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