THE FRIENDS OF TIPTREE HEATH

Registered charity 1115675 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A co-ordinated programme of conservation management of the site by volunteers, contractors and Essex Wildlife Trust staff to meet Natural England requirements for restoration of valuable heathland with SSSI status.Regular Wildlife Discovery educational activities are offered for both children and adults in the local community. Weekly Health Walks are led by trained volunteers.

Objects

1 TO RESTORE AND CONSERVE, OR ASSIST IN THE CONSERVATION OF, THE NATURAL BEAUTY AND SPECIAL VALUE OF TIPTREE HEATH AS RARE LOWLAND HEATH AND SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST (SSSI) AND TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROTECTION OF ITS AMENITIES.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN, IN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND TIPTREE HEATH.

Area of benefit: TIPTREE HEATH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1k
Latest spending
£704
Registered
2006

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Policies the charity declares

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/02/2024, 2 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 22/03/2022, 50 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

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Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1k£704
31/03/2024£12k£6k
31/03/2023£1k£7k
31/03/2022£1k£5k
31/03/2021£1k£17k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/11/2006£47k"Tiptree Heath Restoration"