THE LESLEY HASKINS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1137979 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ERICA TRUST

CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, PRIMARILY IN EASTERN DORSET.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OF THE CAPITAL AS THEY THINK FIT (PROVIDED THAT SUCH APPLICATION SHASS BE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY) AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNERS AS THEY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FITA) PRIMARILY FOR THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION OF LAND AND THE PRESERVATION OF NATURE AND WILDLIFE GENERALLY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLDB)SECONDARILY FOR SUCH CARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THEY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT WHETHER MAKING CHARITABLE DONATIONS OR OTHERWISE.THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY SUCH PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WHITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

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 funds stood at £3,100,603 and total funds at £3,788,216, with significant land assets valued at £2,929,331. The charity reported a net surplus of £114,402 for the year, having spent £32,182 on charitable activities against total income of £146,584. The trustees confirmed the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ANDREW NICHOLSON
• Dr LESLEY HASKINS · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR. J. WHITE

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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