GREAT TORRINGTON BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1100255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preservation and restoration of Great Torrington Town Hall building to provide a financially self-supporting community run asset for the town and northern Devon.

Objects

To preserve for the benefit of the people of Great Torrington in the County of Devon and of the Nation the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that exist in and around Great Torrington in buildings (including any building defined in Section 336 of The Town and Country Planning Act 1990) of particular beauty or historical architectural or constructional interest. To preserve and maintain the restored town hall in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals and organisations who have need of such facilities, by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND GREAT TORRINGTON

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 holds £39,000 in reserves, maintained in a designated Reserves Account. The trustees note that post-pandemic changes in spending habits have reduced income from venue hires, particularly weddings, leading them to focus on in-house events to sustain revenue and cover maintenance costs for the Grade II listed building.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SANDRA CRAWLEYchair
• David John Parish
• HELEN GRACE RUMBOLD
• Nigel Lewis-Carpenter
• Paula Langer
• Rosemary Lilian Purcell
• Sue Mills

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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