KNUTSFORD HERITAGE CENTRE

Registered charity 1076917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

INFORMING KNUTSFORD AND DISTRICT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF KNUTSFORD, AND GATHERING FURTHER HISTORICAL INFORMATION.EDUCATION BY MEANS OF IN HOUSE LECTURES, SEMINARS, LIAISON WITH SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCAL ORGANISATIONS.ASSISTING LOCAL ARTISTS BY PROVIDING DISPLAY SPACE.CONSERVATION OF THE KNUTSFORD TAPESTRY.ENCOURAGING VISITORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

Objects

ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF KNUTSFORD AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN EDUCATIONAL HERITAGE CENTRE

Area of benefit: KNUTSFORD AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £16,718 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds increased to £59,792, with unrestricted reserves rising to £59,389. The trustees confirm that systems are established to mitigate operational risks and that the charity continues to operate within its stated reserves policy.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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 — Knutsford Heritage Centre (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

• CHRISTOPHER GORDON HENRETTYchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Colin Banks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr SIMON JOHN HARRIS BA PhD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Janet Anne Nicholson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Janet McCappin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rick Dallimore · trustee of 2 other charities
• Valerie Elaine Bryant
• Vivien Langford Hainsworth

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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