The Truro Community Property Trust

Registered charity 1136731 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TRURO BRITISH LEGION PROPERTY TRUST, TRURO BRITISH LEGION PROPERTY TRUST (TBLPT), TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRURO BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

To provide and assist ex and serving armed forces personal and their dependants and the local community with help by providing equipment and financial help.

Objects

(1) FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE TRURO BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION FOR THE CHARITABLE RELIEF AND WELFARE OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND OF THEIR WIDOWS, CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDANTS;(2) IN SO FAR AS THE PROPERTY IS OR SHALL NOT BE USED OR REQUIRED FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND OBJECTS OF THE TRURO BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD IT UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING A PLACE OF RECREATION WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, INCLUDING USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE USE AS A RECREATIONAL FACILITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958 FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF TRURO AND DISTRICT IN THE INTEREST OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF THOSE INHABITANTS AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: TRURO

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves (cash funds) increased to £51,450, while the charity reported a surplus of £10,027 for the year. The trustees' report notes that major repair costs and tenant funding issues limited the donations the Trust was able to distribute to the local community.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
• IAN JONES
• MR B COOPER
• Ralph Knight

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

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