MORTS ASTLEY HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1056209 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the acquisition, restoration and management of the Grade II* listed building, Astley Hall(known as Dam House), together with the surrounding woodlands.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT HISTORICAL,ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: ASTLEY IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE

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 reported a net expenditure of £26,330 for the year, primarily due to an exceptional write-off of a £30,168 loan from its trading subsidiary, The Tea Room at Damhouse Limited, which entered Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation. Excluding this exceptional item, the charity achieved an underlying operating surplus of £3,838, and the trustees are focused on rebuilding unrestricted reserves to meet their stated policy target of £63,100.

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 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 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARGARET HUGHESchair
• BEVERLEY JORDAN
• Barry Taylor
• Denise Clarke
• ELAINE HURST
• James Anthony Fish
• MR GEOFF HURST BSC
• Phyllis Bayley Mrs
• Timothy Haigh

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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