KIELDER WATER AND FOREST PARK DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1139328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public (2) provision of facilities for public recreation and other leisure activities at Kielder in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving conditions of life (3) educate the public in all aspects of the natural environment (4) promoting the creation of works of art and presenting musical and dramatic performances.

Objects

THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED:1) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE AREA SURROUNDING KIELDER WATER AND KIELDER FOREST ("KIELDER"); ANDB) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AT KIELDER; ANDC) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION AT KIELDER;(AND IN THIS ARTICLE 2(1) "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS "DEVELOPMENT THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS")2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE ACTIVITIES AT KIELDER IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE USING SUCH FACILITIES;3) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AT KIELDER; AND4) TO ADVANCE THE ARTS BY PROMOTING THE CREATION OF WORKS OF ART AND PRESENTING MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES.

Area of benefit: KIELDER WATER AND KEILDER FOREST

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £134,628, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of approximately £57,000 (equivalent to six months' operational running costs). The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• HEIDI MOTTRAM CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Sharp
• David Hall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Devon Kay Allen
• Dr Anna Maria Charlton · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Robert Riddle
• Leigh Venus
• MICHAEL PRATT
• Mark Holroyd
• PETER COLLIER STANDFIELD
• Peter Cockerill

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

Operates in: Northumberland

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