COLCHESTER AND NORTH EAST ESSEX BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1044514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve for the benefit of the townspeople of the District of Colchester and North East Essex......whatever of the historical,architectural and constructional heritage may exist in and around the District.....in the form of buildings....of particular beauty or historical or constructional interest.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £386,500, driven by substantial grant funding of £761,502 received during the year. The trustees report that the charity held limited reserves in the prior period but is now dependent on this secured grant funding to progress its main project, with no stated reserves policy target provided.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Essex Heritage (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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON ANDREW DALTON HALL MBE DLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW CRAYSTON
• CHRIS BETTS
• Gary Armstrong
• Irene Margaret Jane DAY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Leila Anne Dorothee Kleineidam
• Nicholas Spencer CHARRINGTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Bowman
• Simon Matthew East
• William Edmund Hayton

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).