LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT

Registered charity 1098232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS CHARITY

The LOHP is a voluntary, community project dedicated to the restoration of the important wildlife and landscape of the fens and heaths of the upper Little Ouse Valley. Although biodiversity conservation is at the heart of our work, we aim to achieve this in a way that both engages and benefits the local community.

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Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£78k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income surplus of £27,407.67, bringing total net assets to £801,229.95. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (balance) were £22,693.96, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000. The charity maintains significant restricted and designated funds totaling £225,000 within its total cash holdings of £317,693.96.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £70,000 (held: £23k)
“The Trustees believe that this reserve should be £70,000 to cover 9 months of costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — LOHP (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£106k£78k
31/03/2024£51k£96k
31/03/2023£105k£91k
31/03/2022£40k£61k
31/03/2021£101k£73k

Common questions

Is LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net income surplus of £27,407.67, bringing total net assets to £801,229.95. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (balance) were £22,693.96, which is below the stated policy target of £70,000. The charity maintains significant restricted and designated funds totaling £225,000 within its total cash holdings of £317,693.96. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CAMBRIDGE CHRYSALIS TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10kYr1 2020
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£4k
THE CAMBRIDGE CHRYSALIS TRUSTFY2023£3kvegetation and invertebrate surveys across their wildlife sites
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MARTIN LAING FOUNDATIONFY2023£3kCultural & Environmental (via CAF)
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2023£2k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2022£2kGeneral charitable donations
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery29/07/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
UK government01/04/2024£4kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2023£2kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2023£3kGCA DEL RPA UK ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
UK government01/04/2023£5kGCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/11/2015£79k"Acquisition of Greens Land with training and learning"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/01/2014£75k"Restoration of New Fen, Thelnetham"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/11/2010£370k"Conservation and Learning In The Upper Little Ouse Valley"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/10/2002£49k"Little Ouse Headwaters Conservation Project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LITTLE BELHUS COUNTRY PARK TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LITTLE OUSE HEADWATERS PROJECT£106k—0unclear—no doubt
LITTLE BELHUS COUNTRY PARK TRUST FY2025£137k—0below—no doubt
THE LUNE RIVERS TRUST FY2025£490k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT FY2025£661k—0below—no doubt
TRUST FOR OXFORDSHIRE'S ENVIRONMENT (TOE) LTD FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt
LITTLEPORT TOWN LANDS CHARITY FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.