KINGTON WALKS

Registered charity 1172022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Kington Walks CIO is to promote community participation in healthy recreation by encouraging and enabling people to partake in regular walks as a form of exercise in Kington and the surrounding area. The activities managed by the charity include two walking festivals engaging with local primary schools to encourage walking activities.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION BY ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO PARTAKE IN REGULAR WALKS AS A FORM OF EXERCISE IN KINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: IN KINGTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

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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Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£6k

Latest spending

£7k

Registered

2017

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Policies the charity declares

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Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 120

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 100
Government income: £360 — grants £360 (1); 2% of the £15,340 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £942 — grants £942 (1); 9% of the £10,448 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Barton Leechair
Helen Joy Yeomans
Kevin David Robinson
Paul Finch
Valerie Mavis Burden

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£6k	£7k
31/10/2024	£15k	£9k
31/10/2023	£10k	£9k
31/10/2022	£9k	£12k
31/10/2021	£8k	£7k

Common questions

Who funds KINGTON WALKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KINGTON WALKS as a grant recipient include COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COMMUNITY FIRST IN HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE	FY2021	amount not stated