COGGES HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1141906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cogges Manor Farm aims to- be a place whose past is recorded, understood, valued and enjoyed by everyone who visits- make a positive contribution to all its communities- protect and enhance our natural environment and buildings- be a pace where people can relax, participate, learn new things and have fun

Objects

TO PRESERVE, PROTECT, DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL, HISTORICAL,ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE OF THE SITE OF COGGES MANOR FARM ANDASSOCIATED LAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF OXFORDSHIRE AND THEWIDER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC;4.1.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AN UNDERSTANDING OF RURAL HERITAGE ANDCONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE FARMING AND FOOD PRODUCTION INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELYBY;(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A FACILITY TO BE OPEN TO MEMBERS OFTHE PUBLIC;(B) INTERPRETING THE RURAL HISTORY OF THE SITE; AND4 4.1.3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE PUBLIC CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTSABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: OXFORDSHIRE

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit on unrestricted funds of £88,243 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total reserves from £487,507 to £399,264. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £206,945 fell just below the stated policy target range of £225,000 to £292,000. The filing confirms there are no significant uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07206488 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: COGGES HERITAGE ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 08457264 · Financial health read from its filings

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• AIM and Esmee Fairburn — “Cogges Funders and Donors AIM and Esmee Fairburn” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SAPWELL, Paul — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• MILLS, Colin Nigel — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• BRADLEY, Robert David — director, appointed 23/07/2024on trustee list
• WALKER, Bernice — director, appointed 23/07/2024on trustee list
• MCLEAN, George Alexander Hugh — director, appointed 23/07/2024on trustee list
• CHESHER, Lucy Ann — director, appointed 13/09/2023on trustee list
• HARBER, Rachel Jane — director, appointed 03/02/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Suzanne Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
• BLYTHE-SMITH, Amanda — director, appointed 29/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (62% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 13.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Blythe-Smith
• Bernice Walker
• Colin Nigel Mills
• George McLean
• Lucy Chesher
• Paul Sapwell
• Rachel Jane Harber
• Robert Bradley
• Suzanne Elizabeth Williams

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY COGGES.

• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY COGGES income £413k
• KENTISH TOWN CITY FARM LIMITED income £389k
• CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £4.3m
• MANOR FARM PRE-SCHOOL income £217k
• BALCARRES HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £261k
• FRIENDS OF LEICESTER CITY FARM LIMITED income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.