SLOUGH FORT PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1179652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Restoration and Preservation of Slough Fort.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE HISTORIC FORTIFICATIONS KNOWN AS SLOUGH FORT, LOCATED IN THE PARISH OF ALLHALLOWS, WITHIN THE MEDWAY UNITARY AUTHORITY.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted funds of £68,900 at the end of the period, with no endowment funds. The trustees report that the main risks facing the charity are a lack of funding and health and safety on the site, while noting that they have secured significant grant funding for restoration projects.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints 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

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

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Heritage Lottery Fund — “With thanks to a HLF Lottery Grant work continues towards the project.” (source page)
• Garfield Weston Foundation — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust would like to extend their thanks to the Garfield Weston Foundation for the awarding of a grant that is f…” (source page)
• European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development — “Restoration of the Magazine Building at Slough Fort has been part funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.” (source page)
• Kent Community Foundation — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust is extremely grateful to the Kent Community Foundation for the provision of a grant towards the expansion…” (source page)
• Little Magic Grants — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust is greatful for the support it has recieved from Little Magic Grants.” (source page)
• The Dulverton Trust — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust would like to express thanks to The Dulverton Trust for the provision of a grant to help make the Fort ro…” (source page)
• The Ironmongers’ Company — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust would like to thank The Ironmongers’ Company for their generous grant of £2,000 towards any metalworks th…” (source page)
• Orchard Community Energy — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust would like to thank Orchard Community Energy for the kind provision of a grant towards building up our Sl…” (source page)
• The Rochester Bridge Trust — “The Slough Fort Preservation Trust would like to thank The Rochester Bridge Trust for their generous grant of £10,000 to put towards a numbe…” (source page)
• Asda Foundation — “WE were very fortunate to have been successful in receiving a grant to the value of £300 from the Asda Foundation to enable the Trust to hol…” (source page)
• The Swire Charitable Trust — “The Trust would like to thank The Swire Charitable Trust for awarding us two grants to date, £1000 towards the costs Lathes and Lime plaster…” (source page)
• Rank Foundation — “The grant from the Rank Foundation was very welcome and had a huge impact on the restoration of the Guard Room, we received a grant of £700” (source page)
• Veolia — “The trust is very grateful to Veolia for the award to us which has enabled us to rebuild the glacis with help towards digger hire, benches, …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 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 (06/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN IAN DAVISchair
• KEITH GULVIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• MICHAEL JOHN ASHDOWN
• NEIL JAMES ROSS
• Paul Marchant

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STROUD PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

• STROUD PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £36k
• THE SLOUGH PUBLIC HALL TRUST income £47k
• THE FORT TRUST income £29k
• GWRYCH CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £980k
• SLOUGH MUSEUM income £29k
• LANDGUARD FORT TRUST income £125k

Side by side with its peers

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