SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST

Registered charity 1174975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £208,479, which is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of nine months' running costs. The charity's operating costs are underwritten by the South Downs National Park Authority until 2026, and the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Galloways Accounting (Audit) Limited.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£109k
Reserves (reported)
£211k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Hampshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.3m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.4m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.0m
31/03/2022£873k£761k
31/03/2021£898k£591k

Common questions

Is SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £208,479, which is above the trustees' stated reserves policy target of nine months' running costs. The charity's operating costs are underwritten by the South Downs National Park Authority until 2026, and the trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Galloways Accounting (Audit) Limited.

Who funds SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK TRUST as a grant recipient include M J CAMP CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GERALD MICKLEM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, FONTHILL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/09/2022£1.8m"Downs to the Sea: Recovery & Resilience in Wetland Habitats"

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