HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1123473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The ownership provision and preservation of Horsell Common and other commons and open spaces for informal recreation and enjoyment of the public at large, the protection of the environment for future generations and the protection and management of habitats for all flora and fauna living on such commons and open spaces.

Objects

1 THE OWNERSHIP PROVISION AND PRESERVATION OF HORSELL COMMON AND OTHER COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES FOR:-A) INFORMAL OPEN AIR RECREATION AND ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE;B) THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS;C) THE PROTECTION OF HABITATS FOR FLORA AND FAUNA LIVING ON SUCH COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES; D) THE ADVANCE OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC BENEFIT BY USING THE CHARITY’S LAND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.; AND2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OR CHARITABLE UNDERTAKINGS AS MAY IN THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE PROMOTE AND ASSIST SUCH OBJECTS

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE SURREY COUNTY

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £3,849,180, with free reserves of £844,915. The trustees maintain these reserves to cover specific designated purposes, including land value, investment in a subsidiary, and legal contingencies, leaving £176,646 in available working capital. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. 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 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (17 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW JOHN HALSTEAD
• Caroline Hughes
• Charlotte Brackley
• Colin Sidney Kemp
• Margaret Scott
• Paul Andrew Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul William Edwin Downes
• Sebastian Purbrick

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

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• FRIENDS OF CLAPHAM COMMON income £218k
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Side by side with its peers

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