MANHOOD WILDLIFE AND HERITAGE

Registered charity 1147335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MWHG

Manhood Wildlife and Heritage care for various habitats across the Manhood Peninsula where wildlife can flourish. Some sites are home to rare species, others form a network of rich and diverse habitats, which are managed by local volunteers. Our activities include active environmental conservation projects, local history research, guided walks, publications, photography and newsletters.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN THE MANHOOD PENINSULA OR ELSEWHERE AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECTS OF LANDSCAPE, BIODIVERSITY, HERITAGE AND HISTORY, WITH A VIEW TO PROTECTING THE LOCAL LANDSCAPE, BIODIVERSITY AND HERITAGE AND PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THEM.

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 charity states it is entirely reliant on grants, funding, and donations, noting that costs have increased while funding has become tighter. The management team, trustees, and treasurer are all volunteers, and the organization runs 'as lean as possible' to deliver its projects.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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 07629112

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Manhood Wildlife and Heritage Group (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Post Code Lottery — “The CCP was set up with grants from the Post Code Lottery and Post Code Local Trusts, which funded the project from February 2019 to Februar…” (source page)
• Post Code Local Trusts — “The CCP was set up with grants from the Post Code Lottery and Post Code Local Trusts, which funded the project from February 2019 to Februar…” (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.

• BEDFORD, Paul — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• PIKE, Richard Gordon — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• BROMLEY, Lesley Muriel, Dr — director, appointed 09/02/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/07/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Lesley Bromley
• Paul Bedford
• Richard Gordon Pike · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).