THE WALNUT TREE TRUST

Registered charity 1182220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, such exclusively charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) in the village of Shoreham or elsewhere. To preserve the picturesque buildings and site and to prevent erection of any building on any portion of land lying between such site and the High Street, Shoreham, Kent.To use the surplus income for charitable purposes.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES) IN THE VILLAGE OF SHOREHAM OR ELSEWHERE.”

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 · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £10,056.98 for the year ended 31 December 2024, primarily due to significant repairs and refurbishments totaling £148,058.44. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total unrestricted and restricted funds of £2,516,206.12, with fixed assets valued at £2,600,000.00. The trustees have secured unsecured loans of £110,000.00 to fund restoration works, indicating active management of liabilities against substantial asset holdings.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jill Aisherchair
• Graham Joseph Peck
• John Dinnis
• Jonathan Rosser Histed
• Lesley Spence
• Louise Anne Taylor
• Peter Carwile Kasch

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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