SUDBURY GASWORKS RESTORATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1161410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Having negotiated a 99-year lease, we intend to rescue, preserve and refurbish the Old Sudbury Gasworks building to provide a new community resource. This will make a real difference to our heritage, people and local community. We will tell the story of the gasworks and the industrial development of the estate, as well as researching and interpreting the wider historical context of the village.

Objects

Object 1. To preserve Sudbury Gasworks for the benefit of the people of Sudbury Parish, Derbyshire and of the Nation. Preserving the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the gasworks and its environment. To promote the historical, architectural and constructional heritage of the gasworks for the benefit of the people of Sudbury Parish, Derbyshire and of the Nation. To raise awareness and inform the public of the significance of the gasworks within the Parish of Sudbury.Object 2. To benefit the residents of Sudbury Parish and the wider community in an inclusive common effort to advance education and to provide social and recreational facilities with the objective of improving wellbeing. 

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,230 against total incoming resources of £130,758. Total assets less current liabilities stood at £1,414,234, with unrestricted funds of £1,396,045 and restricted funds of £18,189. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern and noted no exposure to defined benefit pension liabilities.

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

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• 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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08878132

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.

• WATSON, Robert — director, appointed 02/09/2024on trustee list
• FOWLER, Noel Paul — director, appointed 18/07/2022on trustee list
• BOZIER, Brice — director, appointed 16/01/2017on trustee list
• WEBBER, Timothy — director, appointed 05/02/2014on trustee list
• FOWLER, Noel Paul — secretary, appointed 05/10/2022

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 29/02/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• TIMOTHY WEBBERchair
• BRICE BOZIER
• Noel Paul Fowler · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert Watson · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Derbyshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD.

• RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m
• BRYMBO HERITAGE TRUST income £4.7m
• THE HERITAGE OF LONDON TRUST LIMITED income £808k
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• Re-Form Heritage income £784k
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