HOLY ISLAND OF LINDISFARNE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1128208 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide affordable housing for island residents. Deliver projects for the benefit of the island and its residents. This includes environmental and heritage projects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE FOR SUPPORT OR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT OR WORK), THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION OR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF THE ISLAND OFLINDISFARNE (THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT').

Area of benefit: LINDISFARNE

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £256,789 from £180,426 in the prior year, driven largely by government grants for the Holy Island 2050 project. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted cash reserves are £81,566, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover annual operating costs of approximately £35,000 and emergencies. The charity holds significant tangible fixed assets valued at £1,734,111, including social housing and community facilities.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD PATTERSONchair
• Andrew Mundy
• CLLR RICHARD JOHN DOUGLAS WATKIN
• David Hughes
• Dr Richard Hills
• George Scott Hogarth
• Heather Stiansen
• Jane Crossman
• John Anthony Bevan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Hewitt
• Karen Ward
• Paul Thomas Douglas
• Rebecca Justine Simpson
• Rev Sarah Ann Hills · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINDISFARNE TRUST LIMITED.

• LINDISFARNE TRUST LIMITED income £56k
• COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT income £2.0m
• The Enfield Island Youth & Community Trust income £394k
• THE BARDSEY ISLAND TRUST LIMITED income £467k
• ENFIELD ISLAND VILLAGE TRUST income £458k
• CYMDEITHAS ELUSENNOL YNYS MON income £568k

Side by side with its peers

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