THE RESTORATION TRUST

Registered charity 1161196 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Restoration Trust initiates and runs projects that connect people who live with mental health issues with heritage, including archaeology, ancient landscapes, historic places and archives. Stimulating friendship, curiosity and imagination, these projects help people feel more human again. We call this culture therapy and want it to become everyday good practice in heritage and mental health

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MARGINALISED PEOPLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO SUFFER OR ARE AT RISK OF MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, BY THERAPEUTIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE, THROUGH:PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FLOURISH THROUGH THERAPEUTIC CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT;RESEARCH INTO THE WELLBEING AND OTHER BENEFITS OF THERAPEUTIC CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO SHOW WHAT WORKS;DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ABOUT THE WELLBEING AND OTHER BENEFITS OF THERAPEUTIC CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT;IMPROVING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THERAPEUTIC CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT;2) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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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Registered contact address: Bexley, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's income is largely restricted funding raised for specific projects, with unrestricted funds incorporating an overhead charge. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting coverage for emergency expenditure and liabilities for at least one but not more than three months. The organization relies on a partnership model and secured a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to plan for a sustainable future.

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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Restoration Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Glenys Wattchair
• Anne-Marie Bainbridge · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr SARA LUNT
• FRANCES HALAHAN
• Helen Margaret Maclagan · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Durrant
• Martin Allfrey
• Rosemary Folkes
• Sune Kassimatis
• Zoe Tipler

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Recovery Tree Charity.

• The Recovery Tree Charity income £180k
• HISTORIC COVENTRY TRUST income £398k
• HORTICULTURAL THERAPY TRUST income £73k
• HERITAGE TRUST NETWORK income £473k
• THE THEATRES TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £1.4m
• RESTORATION CENTRE CHARISMATIC RENEWAL MINISTRY income £73k

Side by side with its peers

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