NORTH WESSEX DOWNS LANDSCAPE TRUST

Registered charity 1168708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. Promote awareness and understanding of the North Wessex Downs through information, education and advice.2. Develop and deliver projects and initiatives to support and enhance natural beauty and local priorities across the North Wessex Downs.- Providing grant funding- Raising resources- Working in partnership

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE NORTH WESSEX DOWNS AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY (AONB) AND ITS SETTING.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£58k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,191.65 against a stated policy target of £1,000. The charity reported a net income of £5,572 for the period, with total incoming resources of £58,750 and total expenditure of £58,034. The trustees confirmed that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,000 (reserves figure: £4k)
“With minimal overheads, the Trust aims to maintain a reserve of £1,000 to cover essentials”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Government income: £41,756 — grants £41,756 (3); 72% of the £57,715 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 8
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Oxfordshire · Swindon · West Berkshire · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£58k£28k
31/03/2024£4k£17k
31/03/2023£8k£9k
31/03/2022£14k£4k
31/03/2021£19k£12k

Common questions

Is NORTH WESSEX DOWNS LANDSCAPE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £4,191.65 against a stated policy target of £1,000. The charity reported a net income of £5,572 for the period, with total incoming resources of £58,750 and total expenditure of £58,034. The trustees confirmed that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH WESSEX DOWNS LANDSCAPE TRUST£58k—0unclear—no doubt
WESSEX RIVERS TRUST FY2025£1.8mUnder £60,0000above0.0%no doubt
DOWNLANDS TRUST FY2026£557k—0above—no doubt
THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST FY2025£204k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEYSDOWN CONSERVATION TRUST FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.