THE TAPPENDEN CHARITY

Registered charity 1129037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE TAPPENDEN CHARITIES

The charity aims to raise rental income by managing a portfolio of properties with the surplus income then being used to provide educational grants to either individuals or organisations.

Objects

1) IN THIS CLAUSE "CHARITY" MEANS ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ANY INSTITUTION WHETHER CORPORATE OR NOT (INCLUDING ANY TRUST OR UNDERTAKING) WHICH IS ESTABLISHED FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND "CHARITIES" HAS A CORRESPONDING MEANING.2) THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL PAY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITABLE FUND TO SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES AND IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH SHARE OR SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER GENERALLY AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT PROVIDED THAT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERIOD OF TWENTY ON YEARS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ACCUMULATE THE SHALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME THEREOF IN ANY MANNER HEREBY AUTHORISED SO THAT ANY ACCUMULATION SO MADE SHALL FORM AN ACCRETION TO THE CAPITAL FROM WHICH SUCH INCOME AROSE FOR ALL PURPOSES.3) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING TRUST OF INCOME THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER AT ANYTIME OR TIMES TO PAY TRANSFER OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITABLE FUND TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES IN SUCH SHARES IF MORE THAN ONE AND IN SUCH MANNER GENERALLY AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE LOCAL

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year of £20,418, with total income of £189,848 primarily derived from rental income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £3,125,537, which the trustees aim to build to a level sufficient to provide financial stability. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05892698

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.

• HORWOOD, Richard Michael — director, appointed 24/11/2016on trustee list
• HAYLLAR, Alan Charles — director, appointed 01/08/2006on trustee list
• OSBORN, Darren Charles — director, appointed 01/08/2006on trustee list
• GAMBLES, Roger Stuart — secretary, appointed 01/08/2006

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN CHARLES HAYLLAR
• DARREN CHARLES OSBORN
• RICHARD MICHAEL HORWOOD · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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