THE LUDLOW TOWN WALLS TRUST

Registered charity 1131717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To maintain repair restore preserve & reconstruct the town walls of Ludlow & to preserve the knowledge & understanding of sustainable traditional building & conservation skills through the provision of education & experience to students apprentices craftsmen for the benefit & education of UK citizens of all ages.

Objects

OBJECT 1TO MAINTAIN REPAIR RESTORE PRESERVE AND RECONSTRUCT THE TOWN WALLS OF LUDLOW IN THE COUNTY OF SHROPSHIRE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF LUDLOW AND THE NATION AT LARGE.EXTRACT FROM CLAUSE 3 OF THE TRUST DEED DATED 27 JULY 2006.OBJECT 2TO MAKE KNOWN TO THE PEOPLE OF LUDLOW VISITORS TO LUDLOW AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE THE NATURE OF THE WALLS AND THEIR FEATURES OF SPECIAL HISTORICAL INTEREST BY PRODUCING BOOKS PAMPHLETS POSTERS COMPUTER WEBSITES OR IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE MANNER. EXTRACT FROM CLAUSE 5 (VII) OF THE TRUST DEED DATED 27 JULY 2006.OBJECT 3TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTENANCE AND PRESERVATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE WALLS AND TO TRAIN PEOPLE IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT THESE TECHNIQUES .EXTRACT FROM CLAUSE 5 (VIII) OF THE TRUST DEED DATED 27 JULY 2006.

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.

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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £20,677 for the year ended 31 December 2025, bringing total net assets to £20,676. The charity was in abeyance from 2019 to 2025, during which time its funds were held by another charity and Barclays Bank, before being revived in early 2025. Per the trustees' report, the organization focused on fundraising activities and community engagement during the year.

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 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 07/12/2023, 37 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin John Richardschair
• JAMES CAIRD
• JOHN NASH
• LADY VALERIE JUNE THOMAS
• Lieutenant Colonel Michael Gordon Beazley MBE, MA · trustee of 3 other charities
• Martin Crowdy
• Neil Anthony Condliffe
• Vivien de Haan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Shropshire

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