UCKFIELD AND DISTRICT PRESERVATION SOCIETY LTD

Registered charity 1102573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UDPS, Uckfield Heritage

Society for the preservation of old buildings, currently Nutley Windmill and a Medieval Wealden Hall House, Bridge Cottage in the south end of Uckfield High Street, and the production of publications and exhibitions to promote interest and appreciation of the local heritage.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION OF NUTLEY WINDMILL AND ITS BEING KEPT OPEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICTO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE BY CHARITABLE MEANS IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA:-PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, HISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE LOCALITY;PRESERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF FEATURES OF GENERAL PUBLIC AMENITY OR HISTORIC INTEREST;HIGH STANDARDS OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING.

Area of benefit: NORTHERN HALF WEALDEN

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £21,605 for the year ended 31 December 2025, increasing total funds to £87,231. The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £76,231, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The organization is supported by volunteers and operates a trading subsidiary to generate revenue.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04471316
• Trading subsidiary: UDPS HERITAGE LTD Companies House 06111894 · 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.

• PIKE, William Brian Terence — director, appointed 31/07/2013on trustee list
• LEDWARD, Andrew — director, appointed 27/09/2002not on trustee list
• HARKER, Michael James — director, appointed 27/09/2002not on trustee list
• PIKE, Robert John — director, appointed 27/09/2002not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILLIAM BRIAN TERENCE PIKEchair
• MR A LEDWARD
• MR HARKER · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR PIKE

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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