EAST DORSET HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1002126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDHT

To stimulate public interest and care for the landscape, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, heritage and history of East Dorset and Dorset as a whole.

Objects

(1)TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST & CARE FOR THE LANDSCAPE, WILDLIFE, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE & HISTORY OF THE AREA OF THE BENEFIT NAMELY EAST DORSET.(2)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN INFLUENCE THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT IT & TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION.(3)TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL, ACADEMIC & TEACHING SKILLS TO SHARE THEIR INTEREST & EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN, VISITORS & THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.(4)TO COMPLEMENT THOSE ORGANISATIONS ALREADY INVOLVED IN INTERPRETATION & HELP RELATE THEIR ACTIVITIES WITHIN THEIR WIDER CONTEXT.(5)TO DEVELOP NEW APPROACHES TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION & INTERPRETATION.

Area of benefit: EAST DORSET

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust entered the year in a strong financial position with total unrestricted funds of £359,645, achieving a surplus of £8,111 for the year. The trustees report that the level of general reserves is in line with their stated risk-based policy, providing a prudent buffer for future operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — East Dorset Heritage Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEREK BIDKAR FRANK BURTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Eleanor Mary THOMPSON
• DAVID NOEL SMITH
• Dr LESLEY HASKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• NEIL JOHN BICHARD
• PETER DAVID WALKER · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST.

• THE DORSET HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £152k
• THE DORSET HEALTH TRUST LIMITED income £179k
• THE DORSET NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £1.0m
• EAST SUFFOLK TRUST income £3.7m
• DORSET WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.3m
• HERITAGE TRUST OF LINCOLNSHIRE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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