HERON CORN MILL (BEETHAM) LIMITED

Registered charity 1131677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q15223731 · Wikipedia · also known as HERON CORN MILL

The restoration of Heron Cornmill to its original form as a working water powered mill and preservation and display of the mill and equipment for educational benefit of students and the public and promoting renewable energy.Arrange lectures shows for the benefit of the public and to print publish and make available by sale or otherwise of literature reproductions photographs and the like.

Objects

TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, AND UPKEEP THE HERON CORN MILL TO ITS ORIGINAL FORM AS A FULLY WORKING WATER POWERED CORN MILL - ON A SITE FIRST USED FOR A MILL IN THE 13TH CENTURY - AS A WORKING MUSEUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, AND FOR THE EDUCATIONAL BENEFIT OF STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHERS, AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TENDING TO ENCOURAGE INTEREST IN THE HISTORY AND INDUSTRY OF THE AREA. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND MUTUAL CO-DEPENDENCY OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY DEMONSTRATING AND PROMOTING THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, USING HYDRO POWER. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE POWER TO ARRANGE LECTURES, EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS AND EVENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO PRINT, PUBLISH, AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY SALE OR OTHERWISE OF LITERATURE, REPRODUCTIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE LIKE.

Area of benefit: BEETHAM

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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Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves are £1,000,000, which is significantly higher than the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The filing confirms that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified.

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What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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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

• Audrey Steeley
• George Winston Collinge
• Kathryn Maddock
• Nicholas Peter Gannicliffe
• ROBERT WILLIAM DICKINSON
• Robin Sykes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stella Elizabeth Adams-Schofield

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Operates in: Cumbria

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMBE MILL SOCIETY.

• COMBE MILL SOCIETY income £41k
• MELIN DARON CYF income £205k
• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• PARNDON MILL income £209k
• MOULTON WINDMILL PROJECT LTD income £50k
• THE BRITISH HORN SOCIETY income £31k

Side by side with its peers

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