COMBE MILL SOCIETY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 24 August 2005
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03784507
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £40,928
Latest expenditure: £38,980
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Combe Mill, Blenheim Palace Sawmills, Combe, WITNEY, Oxfordshire, OX29 8ET

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

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.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 7 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 7 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £40,928
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,980

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £43,166
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,054

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £38,633
Total Gross Expenditure: £33,400

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 14 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £38,925
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,432

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 25 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 7 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £24,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,761

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 7 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £40,928
Total Gross Expenditure: £38,980
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 70

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £43,166
Total Gross Expenditure: £39,054
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 95

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £38,633
Total Gross Expenditure: £33,400
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 85

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 14 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £38,925
Total Gross Expenditure: £30,432
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £11,953
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 85

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 25 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £24,700
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,761
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £20,675
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 85

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Oxfordshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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

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

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: COMBE MILL SOCIETY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2005-08-24T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: 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: COMBE, LONG HANBOROUGH, OXFORDSHIRE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures