DOWDESWELL CONSERVATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1160969 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objective of the charity is for the public benefit, with the preservation of woodland through environmental and ecological conservation. With managed access via permissive paths, this allows use for educational purposes and special interest groups in addition to recreational access for the general public whilst preserving the biodiversity.

Objects

4 The charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:For the public benefit, the preservation of woodland through purchase and thereafter environmental and ecological conservation of it (together with any further land acquired) providing for managed access to the relevant land: -(i) for educational purposes by special interest groups;(ii) for educational purposes by educational establishments; and(iii) for the general public for recreation through the use of permissive paths.”

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 the charity held free reserves of £59,848 at the year end, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. Despite this, the trustees consider there is no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09318821
• Trading subsidiary: DOWDESWELL CONSERVATION (TRADING) LIMITED Companies House 13785122

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.

• BENSON, Jeremy Patrick Wishaw — director, appointed 02/09/2026on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Wendy Elizabeth Ann — director, appointed 22/02/2020on trustee list
• DUNKERTON, Julian Marc — director, appointed 19/11/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JULIAN MARC DUNKERTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jeremy Benson
• WENDY EDWARDS

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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