The trustees of Fleet Pond Society consider that an Independent Examination of its accounts is good practice, although this is not required by the Charities Commission because of the level of our activities. Our Annual Report and Accounts are always independently examined.
For details of the main achievements in previous years and/or copies of our annual reports and accounts, please contact our secretary on secretary@fleetpond.org.uk.
Our annual accounts for 2025/2026 have been formally examined and signed off by the Executive Committee. You can download them here, Annual report and accounts 25-26
The Society has continued the voluntary management activity at Fleet Pond, including habitat management and repair and upgrade of paths and protective fencing. The Island Management team also continued to tackle the scrub growth on the new islands that were created by the dredging a few years back. Care has been taken that maintenance of islands, reedbeds, marshland and heathland does not impede access or obstruct visitors’ views. In fact the work has continued to open up new vistas across the open areas to the Pond, attracting positive responses from the public. We did a massive amount of work to remove many 1000s saplings and trees from several of our reedbeds. A number of the public benches were replaced by us and Hart Countryside Services. We paid for and dedicated several of these to past members who have made significant contributions to our work at the Pond.
We spent a significant amount of funds on purchasing materials as well as new types of tools and replacements to allow us to be more efficient in our conservation work. We also spent a significant sum on the publishing and distribution of our quarterly newsletter.
The number of volunteers who help at our Monday and Friday morning conservation sessions has been maintained at a high level. We estimate they contributed 3500 hours during the year which is valued at over £50,000 per annum.
The Society has carried out numerous outreach activities and continued to encourage public awareness by various articles in the local press and on social media and has gained a significant number of new members.
We received a good number of donations this year from our public supporters as well as through ‘JustGiving’ and payroll giving. The amount of these donations we received totalled roughly £3000. We also received a grant of £1000 from Hampshire County Council and a commitment of £8000 from Farnborough Airport Community Environmental Fund to rebuild one of our major viewing platforms in spring 2026.