# THE GROTON WINTHROP MULBERRY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1032579
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 11, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1032579


## Contact

- **Address:** Sideways, Sherbourne Street, Edwardstone, SUDBURY, Suffolk
- **Postcode:** CO10 5PD
- **Phone:** 01787 828978
- **Email:** buzzhny@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADMINSTER 'THE CROFT' AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR ENJOYMENT BY THE RESIDENTS OF GROTON AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT CIVIL PARISHES;  (B. TO MAINTAIN, PROTECT, AND USE ITS BEST ENDEAVOURS TO PRESERVE THE WINTHROP MULBERRY TREE, BEING A TREE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE, SITUATED IN THE CROFT; (C. TO PRESERVE AND CULTURAL LINKS WHICH EXIST FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF EAST ANGLIA AND THE PEOPLE OF NEW ENGLAND; (D.  SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE WELFARE AND BENEFIT OF THE VILLAGE AND RESIDENTS OF GROTON AND FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PARISH OF ST BARTHOLOMEW, GROTON AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

**Activities:** To preserve the land known as The Croft as an open space for the enjoyment of the residents of Groton and adjoining parishes. To maintain and protect the historic Mulberry tree.

**Area of benefit:** IN PRACTICE THE VILLAGE OF GROTON, SUFFOLK.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3677 | £3993 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1737 | £1417 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £443 | £1240 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4283 | £3565 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1219 | £888 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **James Alexander Lestock Wills** (Chair) — appointed June 5, 2018
- FRANCESCA MECKLENBURGH
- Gerald Becker — appointed April 1, 2016
- Lisa Janice Hockley — appointed June 10, 2019
- ROGER WILLIAM D'ALTON
- Rebecca Kate Allen — appointed July 17, 2023
- Robert Arthur Bowdidge — appointed Jan. 3, 1994