VALE LANDSCAPE HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1080109 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust buys and rents land, and manages it in a traditional, wildlife friendly manner. Our conservation volunteers help in this respect on a weekly basis. Orchards, flood meadows and woodland are our main focus, but any land which has a landscape or heritage feature is considered. We hold and visit events where we explain these traditional ways to the local people.

Objects

IN EVESHAM AND PERSHORE IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS1) TO CONSERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE NATURAL BEAUTY, WILDLIFE AND HERITAGE OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE NATURAL, HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY ENVIRONMENT OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: IN EVESHAM AND PERSHORE IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS

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 held unrestricted reserves of £396,545, which the trustees consider commensurate with future revenue and capital needs. The charity reported a net income of £26,057 for the period, supported by significant government grants and other incoming resources. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable regulations and that no material matters came to their attention.

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.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• Severn Waste Services — “Hipton Hill Orchards, saved in 2007 thanks to a grant from Severn Waste Services” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~21.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DEIRDRE ANNE SUTTONchair
• Anthony Arthur Strickland
• JAMES WILLIAM HAYWOOD
• Judith Ciotti
• Phil Hooper
• Thomas Christopher Coubrough Meikle · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST.

• THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LAND TRUST income £639k
• GREENFIELD VALLEY TRUST income £164k
• WILL WOODLANDS income £602k
• THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF SOUTH AND WEST WALES LIMITED income £5.3m
• DOWNLANDS TRUST income £557k
• THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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