FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL BONSAI COLLECTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 13 February 1992
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 31 December 2024 – 30 December 2025
Latest income: £840
Latest expenditure: £45
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: WOODLANDS NEW HALL, NEW HALL DRIVE, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B76 1QX

Website recorded by the regulator: nationalbonsaicollection.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Involved in putting on public exhibitions of bonsai together with demonstrations and lectures on the history and creation of bonsai; Making accessible to the public displays of bonsai within the National Bonsai Collection situated at it's permanent site at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Edgbaston, Birmingham.Advising the public on care and maintenance of their bonsai.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 6 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £840
Total Gross Expenditure: £45

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 6 June 2025
Total Gross Income: £765
Total Gross Expenditure: £113

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 26 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £915
Total Gross Expenditure: £425

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,220
Total Gross Expenditure: £385

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 13 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £655
Total Gross Expenditure: £409

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL BONSAI COLLECTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1992-02-13T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27 OCTOBER 1991
Charitable Objects: TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ANCIENT ART OF BONSAI BY THE CREATION OF A NATIONAL COLLECTION OF BONSAI SPECIMENS
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 30454
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: FNBC

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management