LEIGH BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1164641 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation of the built heritage of Leigh and surrounding areas.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GREATER MANCHESTER AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND GREATER MANCHESTER IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

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 reported a net income of £40,026 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £315,321. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces financial constraints due to escalating energy costs and unexpected expenses, such as lift installation, which have strained cash flow projections. The business review notes that the mill complex remains under the ownership of the original family, with the charity holding only a long-term lease on part of the site.

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
• 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £51k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James Prescott Mr
• Jane Shaw
• KEITH CUNLIFFE
• LESLIE JOHN THOMAS
• Paul Anthony Costello · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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
• SLT BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £122k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIATICAL PARISH OF LEIGH, (DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD) income £182k
• THE ABBEYFIELD LEIGH SOCIETY LIMITED income £275k
• Worcestershire Building Preservation Trust income £1.3m
• LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED income £194k

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