COTESBACH EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1126840 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote preservation, protection and improvement of a Grade 2 listed schoolhouse and two adjacent buildings by creating an educational resource centre.To educate of the public about the environment, heritage and the arts, where such education promotes knowledge, skills and understanding needed for a sustainable future.

Objects

= TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENTOF AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, GRADE II LISTED SCHOOLHOUSE AND TWO ADJACENT BUILDINGS INTHE GROUNDS OF THE COTESBACH ESTATE BY CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE CENTRE.= TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, IN THESUBJECTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS AND THE MANY AREAS WHICH LINKTHESE THREE SUBJECTS, ESPECIALLY WHERE SUCH EDUCATION PROMOTES KNOWLEDGE, SKILLSAND UNDERSTANDING NEEDED FOR A NON-OIL DEPENDENT, SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, THAT IS,DEMONSTRATING HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITYOF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Area of benefit: COUNTIES OF LEICESTERSHIRE, RUTLAND, WARWICKSHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £123,759, supported by a Heritage Fund award and steady room bookings. The trustees report confidence in the organization's resilience and ability to make progress, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its continuation.

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
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• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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• Paying staff
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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• Social media policy and procedures
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• Volunteer management

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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Trustees · trustee networks

• Letty Newtonchair
• Alison Brand-Barker
• Amber Merrick Potter
• Charlotte Mitchell
• Emily Nichols

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

Operates in: Leicester City · Leicestershire · Northamptonshire · Rutland · Warwickshire

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Government & lottery funding

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