THE COLNE VALLEY PARK TRUST

Registered charity 1181303 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE COLNE VALLEY TRUST

(1) To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the Colne Valley through the implementation of discrete projects and the issuing of grants.(2) To advance the education of the public in the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE COLNE VALLEY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISCRETE PROJECTS AND THE ISSUING OF GRANTS.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. (3) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE COLNE VALLEY FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE.N.B. THE COLNE VALLEY AS DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS DEFINED AS THE AREA COVERING THE COLNE VALLEY REGIONAL PARK TO THE WEST OF GREATER LONDON AND AS WELL AS SURROUNDING AREAS THAT BENEFIT OR MAY BENEFIT FROM THE COLNE VALLEY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating loss of £5,397 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a profit of £82,261 in the prior year. Total income decreased to £133,413 from £201,734, while administrative expenses increased to £114,042. Despite the loss, the charity holds net assets of £97,111 and cash reserves of £101,585.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Landscape Partnerships are a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant programme for the conservation and enjoyment of areas of distinctive chara…” (source page)

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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Trustees · trustee networks

• Hugh Stokeschair
• AMARJEET HANS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony John Longden
• Barnaby Daniel Briggs
• Carol Beatrice Gibson
• Deborah Valman
• Dr Wendy Alison Matthews
• JOHN WHITBY
• Jane Scott Griffin · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAUL GRAHAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Samuel Andrew Roland Hatfield · trustee of 1 other charity
• Santokh Singh Chhokar

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Hertfordshire · Hillingdon · Slough · Surrey · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREENFIELD VALLEY TRUST.

• GREENFIELD VALLEY TRUST income £164k
• CUERDEN VALLEY PARK TRUST income £483k
• CLARE CASTLE COUNTRY PARK TRUST CIO income £138k
• VINTERS VALLEY PARK TRUST CIO income £33k
• THE COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK CONSERVATION TRUST income £239k
• COLNE VILLAGE HALL income £44k

Side by side with its peers

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