VALLEY HERITAGE

Registered charity 1164935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preserve historical, architectural, constructional and natural or scientific heritage may exist in or near to the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire (in the form of buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest or ancient monuments and otherwise as shall be consistent with Valley Heritage's objects).Advance the education of the public in heritage.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE EITHER ON ITS OWN OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHERS ARE TO:I) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE ROSSENDALE VALLEY IN LANCASHIRE AND THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTIONAL AND NATURAL OR SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN OR NEAR TO THE AFORESAID AREA (IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST OR ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND OTHERWISE AS SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THESE OBJECTS).II) ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SAID HERITAGE AND TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS MAY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OF OR VISITORS TO THE SAID AREA.

Area of benefit: IN AND AROUND THE ROSSENDALE VALLEY IN LANCASHIRE.

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 deficit of £16,618 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds decreasing from £234,726 to £218,108. The trustees note that the financial position has strengthened through surpluses generated by the trading subsidiary, Alliance Rossendale Ltd, and express confidence in the organisation's resilience and future sustainability.

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
• Financial reserves 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
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £188k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Michael Andersonchair
• Andrew Walmsley
• Courtnay Margaret Ives
• Jacob Paul Landers
• James Steel
• RACHAEL LOUISE GILDERT BA HONS

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

Operates in: Bury · Calderdale · Lancashire · Rochdale

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENFIELD VALLEY TRUST.

• GREENFIELD VALLEY TRUST income £164k
• THE HERITAGE TRUST FOR THE NORTH WEST income £2.1m
• NENE VALLEY RAILWAY income £1.1m
• THE CRESWELL HERITAGE TRUST income £1.2m
• THE CO-OPERATIVE HERITAGE TRUST income £213k
• CYNON VALLEY MUSEUM TRUST income £165k

Side by side with its peers

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