CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST
Registered charity 1116099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Trust promotes the rich heritage and culture of Castleford through festivals, exhibitions, education projects and events. It also works in partnership with other organisations and the local authority to deliver major regeneration projects.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £172,504, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £469,021 and restricted reserves of £158,198. The trustees report that unrestricted net current assets were £22,474 and are confident that long-term liabilities will be covered by rental income. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' normal annual operational expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months normal annual operational expenditure (held: £469k)
“The trustees propose to maintain the charity’s unrestricted reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to six months normal annual operational expenditure” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- GRIMBLEY, Jordan Phillip — director, appointed 01/05/2026on trustee list
- BELL, John — director, appointed 12/10/2023on trustee list
- TAIT, Karen Elaine — director, appointed 12/04/2022on trustee list
- WALTON, Jane — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list
- MORRISON, John — director, appointed 16/01/2014on trustee list
- MUNDAY, John Ronald — director, appointed 31/01/2012on trustee list
- WILDERS, David — director, appointed 19/05/2005on trustee list
- WALLIS, Anthony Rae — director, appointed 04/11/2004on trustee list
- BURNS WILLIAMSON, Mark — director, appointed 04/11/2004not on trustee list
Official officers record.
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 31/03/2024)
Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
- CLLR ANTHONY RAE WALLIS
- DAVID WILDERS
- JOHN MORRISON
- JOHN MUNDAY
- Jane Walton · trustee of 4 other charities
- John Bell
- Jordan Phillip Grimbley
- MARK BURNS-WILLIAMSON OBE
- karen tait
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Wakefield
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £172,504, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £469,021 and restricted reserves of £158,198. The trustees report that unrestricted net current assets were £22,474 and are confident that long-term liabilities will be covered by rental income. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' normal annual operational expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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