TEESSIDE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST

Registered charity 1093327 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The protection and promotion of the natural environment through the provision of nature reserves, the management of habitats,the conservation of habitats and species, the conservation of the historic environment and the provision of eduction on the natural environment.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BY:LEASING LAND IN ITS OWNERSHIP TO THIRD PARTIES FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, SUBJECT TO A NATURE CONSERVATION CLAUSE AS DEFINED IN THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 2022; PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ENABLE THIRD PARTIES TO CREATE PROJECTS OF NATURE CONSERVATION VALUE; PROMOTING NATURE CONSERVATION AND ITS ETHOS AND VALUES BY WAY OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; ENTERING INTO AGREEMENTS (WHETHER BY JOINT VENTURE OR OTHERWISE) WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND REPUTABLE THIRD PARTIES, WHETHER COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS; RAISING FUNDS AND INVITING AND RECEIVING CONTRIBUTIONS: PROVIDED THAT IN RAISING FUNDS FOR THE CHARITY IT SHALL NOT UNDERTAKE ANY SUBSTANTIAL PERMANENT TRADING ACTIVITIES AND SHALL CONFIRM TO ANY STATUTORY REGULATIONS; AND PROMOTING AND ENABLING THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ENJOY AND APPRECIATE NATURE. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CHARITABLE" OR THE WORDS "CHARITABLE PURPOSES" IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit: TEESSIDE

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stockton-on-Tees, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that accumulated funds were £2,048,385 as of 31 March 2025, with the charity confirming it has adequate resources to meet expenditure as it falls due. The trustees note that the principal risk facing the charity is any changes to its principal provider of funds, the Landfill Community Fund, whose agreement is set to expire in 2026/27.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chipchase Manners. 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03438389 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NAPPER, Amanda — director, appointed 31/07/2026on trustee list
• LYCETTE, Devon — director, appointed 26/05/2026on trustee list
• BORTHWICK, Bob — director, appointed 06/09/2023on trustee list
• WOODS, John — director, appointed 05/09/2023on trustee list
• BLANCHARD, Terry — director, appointed 09/12/2019on trustee list
• KITCHEN, David — director, appointed 01/04/1998on trustee list
• ARTLEY, Caitlin — secretary, appointed 15/07/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 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 ~60.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (64% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID KITCHENchair
• Amanda Napper
• Bob Borthwick
• Devon Lycette
• John Woods
• Terry Blanchard

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

Operates in: Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

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 EARTH TRUST.

• EARTH TRUST income £2.6m
• LANCASHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL FUND LIMITED income £1.1m
• GREATER MANCHESTER ENVIRONMENT TRUST income £1.1m
• TEES VALLEY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD income £708k
• THAMESIDE NATURE PARK LTD income £370k
• TEWKESBURY NATURE RESERVE LTD income £172k

Side by side with its peers

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