VINTERS VALLEY PARK TRUST CIO

Registered charity 1169118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VINTERS VALLEY NATURE RESERVE

To manage and improve the whole of Vinters Valley Park as an open space for quiet, informal recreation or other leisure time occupation of the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving the conditions of life of the public.To conserve the wildlife within the ParkTo preserve, conserve, maintain, restore and enhance for the benefit of the public.

Objects

3.1 TO MANAGE AND IMPROVE THE WHOLE OF VINTERS VALLEY PARK (PARK) AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR QUIET, INFORMAL RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE PUBLIC3.2 TO CONSERVE THE WILDLIFE WITHIN THE PARK3.3 TO PRESERVE, CONSERVE, MAINTAIN, RESTORE AND ENHANCE AND PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SUCH FEATURES OF THE PARK THAT ARE OF SPECIAL LANDSCAPE, HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL 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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds totalled £149,662 at the end of the period, with total funds increasing by £47,104 during the year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to cover potential storm damage and statutory redundancy payments for the warden. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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 expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARTIN COXchair
• ANNE BRINDLE
• CHRISTOPHER BERNARD SHEPPARD
• Gary Cooke · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicola Fissenden
• PAUL WALSH
• PETER JOHN FRANK LOTT

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).