HOLGATE WINDMILL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1106115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO RESTORE MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE HOLGATE WINDMILL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING THE CULTURAL HISTORIC AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE OF YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Objects

TO RESTORE MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE HOLGATE WINDMILL FOR THE PURPOSE OF SATISFYING THE CULTURAL HISTORIC AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE OF YORK AND SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: HOLGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

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 reported a net incoming resource surplus of £31,604 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing total unrestricted funds to £94,054. The trustees confirm the financial position remains secure and that accumulated funds are sufficient to meet potential major repair costs. The charity operates on a voluntary basis with no restricted funds held.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05217005

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.

• DELAMERE, Paul John — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
• JONES, Lesley Jane — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
• LEADBETTER, Alison — director, appointed 09/11/2017on trustee list
• HUNT, Rosemary Beatrice — director, appointed 06/11/2014on trustee list
• HOULT, Mark Anthony William — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list
• POTTS, Stephen Richard — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list
• GREEN, Richard — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list
• HAY, Jennifer Margaret — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list
• HOULT, Helen — director, appointed 27/08/2004on trustee list
• JONES, Lesley Jane — secretary, appointed 18/11/2025

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

• STEPHEN RICHARD POTTSchair
• Alison Leadbetter
• HELEN HOULT
• JENNIFER MARGARET HAY
• Lesley Jane Jones
• MARK ANTHONY WILLIAM HOULT
• Paul John Delamere
• RICHARD GREEN
• ROSEMARY BEATRICE HUNT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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