The Bee Initiative

We raise money to purchase Bees and hives and find land, be that private housing or business land, to place the hive on, we maintain the hives on behalf of the land owner, refine honey and wax, we visit educational institutions with our educational program and instruct people in the importance of bees and their environment.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

The register has no income or spending figures for this charity.

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Spending against income

It spent 100% of its income in the year to 1 April 2021.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

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12 trustees run the charity.

• Caroline June HampsonChairAppointed 5 April 2019
• Antony Eric CollyerAppointed 5 April 2019
• David Gareth Gapper-hampsonAppointed 5 April 2019
• Deborah Janice HampsonAppointed 5 April 2019
• Emma Michelle Gapper-hampsonAppointed 5 April 2019
• James BevanAppointed 4 April 2020
• Jeff SmithAppointed 5 April 2019
• Julie BevanAppointed 5 April 2019
• Marisa SlarkeAppointed 29 June 2018
• Melanie Tracy Jane GapperAppointed 4 April 2021
• Nadine Lawrence-HampsonAppointed 4 April 2020
• Steven HampsonAppointed 4 April 2021

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 1 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1179926

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

14 September 2018

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 14 SEP 2018 AS AMENDED ON 17 MAY 2021AMENDED ON 10 JAN 2022

Website

www.thebeeinitiative.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Blaenau Gwent

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Blaenau Gwent Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Blaenau Gwent's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni