SEVERN GORGE COUNTRYSIDE TRUST

Registered charity 1004508 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SGCT

The Trust manages land in the Ironbridge Gorge for the benefit of local people and for the benefit of visitors to the Gorge to balance public access, landscape, nature conservation, safeguarding historic and cultural features, with public engagement and developing awareness and knowledge of the Trust and its work.

Objects

TO PROVIDE MAINTAIN PRESERVE AND MANAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AREAS OF COUNTRYSIDE INCLUDING WOODLANDS OPEN SPACE AND OTHER LANDS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: THE AREA OF THE SEVERN GORGE IN BRIDGNORTH AND THE WREKIN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income of £36,134 and total funds of £1,513,410, having avoided the need to draw on reserves despite a budgeted deficit. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the next twelve months, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. Discloses 5 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 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• BIG GIVE — “BIG GIVE – Earth Raise Fund 30 April, 2026 We Did It! £12,000 Raised Through Big Give Earth Raise 🎉👏🏻👏🏻 We are delighted to share some …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

35 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Maureen Braggchair
• Alan John Taylor
• Andrew Paul Harrison
• Anthony Graham Peck
• CAROLYN HEALY
• Caroline Emma BAGNALL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cllr Paul Anthony Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• GINA HEATHER DIANA ROWE
• MAXWELL SPEKE
• Mark Boylan
• NICHOLAS DENNIS DOWNES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED.

• IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED income £9.2m
• SEVERN RIVERS TRUST income £2.9m
• HEREFORDSHIRE AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE CANAL TRUST LIMITED income £151k
• SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £1.6m
• THE IRON BRIDGE TRUST income £390k
• THE WORGAN TRUST income £205k

Side by side with its peers

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