DALECOTE HOUSE LIMITED

Registered charity 1173436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Establishment and maintenance of a Masonic Heritage Centre for Coventry for public education in principles of Freemasonry and also advance charitable purposes within Coventry as trustees may from time to time determine by the provision of grants.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:• TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEMASONRY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A MASONIC HERITAGE CENTRE FOR COVENTRY.• TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES WITHIN COVENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS.

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 unrestricted funds increased to £121,062, resulting in a net incoming resource of £12,099 for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy of holding at least one year’s running costs, which is currently met by the unrestricted fund balance. Utility costs for the Victorian building remain a cause for concern, prompting a strategy to fix costs where possible.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09975230
• Trading subsidiary: DALECOTE EVENTS LTD Companies House 12632365

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WARNER, Steven Colin — director, appointed 20/08/2026on trustee list
• INGRAM, Charles Dexter, Dr — director, appointed 28/10/2022on trustee list
• FERNANDEZ-MONTES, Paul David — director, appointed 25/10/2019on trustee list
• SEARLE, Alan James — director, appointed 28/05/2018on trustee list
• WATSON, William Patrick, Doctor — secretary, appointed 08/10/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan James SEARLEchair
• Charles Dexter Ingram
• Gerry Anthony Logue
• Hugh Arthur Webbon
• Paul David Fernandez-Montes
• Steven Colin Warner

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

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

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