EARTHWORKS ST. ALBANS

Registered charity 1067139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARTHWORKS

At Earthworks people of all abilities learn and work together. Local people but particulary those with learning difficulties and mental health issues work on our sustainably managed site learning horticulture and land-based skills. Contract groups go out into the community to design and maintain private gardens and do conservation work in schools, nature reserves and public land.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, IN CONSERVATION WORK, HORTICULTURE AN OTHER LAND-BASED SKILLS; TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £55,613 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £356,560. The trustees consider the net movement of funds to be satisfactory and note that reserves are at a prudent level given economic uncertainty. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 — Earthworks St Albans (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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angela Pankhurst
• Anil Jagota
• David Douglas Cole
• John Joseph Campbell
• Judith Celia Olive Carruthers
• Katie Mackay
• Mary Elizabeth Webb
• Peter Wojciech Kordel
• Stephen Lawrence Barbour

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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