FORT AMHERST HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1102399 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORT AMHERST HERITAGE PARK AND CAVERNS FORT AMHERST

To maintain, restore and preserve Fort Amherst and Lower Lines Park. To make the Fort and Lower Lines Park available as a public amenity and education facility. To provide benefit to the socially disadvantaged through training, education and work experience.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a sound financial base with total funds of £5,372,788, although unrestricted funds are in deficit at £119,370. The trustees report that reserves are being managed against a prudent target of £175,000, and no material uncertainties regarding going concern have been identified.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fort Amherst Heritage Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (19/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (21/08/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Joseph Fowlerchair
• DAVID MOORMAN
• EDMUND GULVIN
• GLENN ROBINSON
• Nicola Jane Moy
• Stuart Robert Bean

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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