Totnes Heritage Trust

Registered charity 1182256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST. MARY'S TOTNES HERITAGE TRUST

The Trust raises funds to enable publicly important heritage restoration and conservation works to take place in the town of Totnes, Devon, as well as promoting the development of heritage community engagement projects, within the town. The first, and primary, project of the Trust is the restoration and development of St. Mary's Parish Church and its surrounding churchyard.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) THE CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE HISTORICALLY-SIGNIFICANT MEDIAEVAL PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY’S IN TOTNES, AND THE OUTSTANDING HERITAGE AREA AROUND IT AND OTHER SITES OF RECOGNISED HERITAGE IMPORTANCE IN TOTNES BY:(A) REPAIRING, RESTORING, RENEWING AND REDEVELOPING THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE, FABRIC AND INTERIOR OF ST. MARY’S, AND ITS SURROUNDS, FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FIELDS OF LOCAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE, EITHER THROUGH USING FUNDS RAISED DIRECTLY AS PROJECT MANAGER, OR BY GIVING GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT SUCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT;(B) PROVIDING FUNDING TO EXTEND PROACTIVE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT WORKS TO BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPES OF HERITAGE IMPORTANCE WITHIN TOTNES, USING SUCH FUNDS RAISED DIRECTLY AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THOSE WORKS, OR BY GIVING GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT SUCH WORKS.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY’S TOTNES THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

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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Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£2k
Latest spending
£9k
Registered
2019

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2k£9k
31/12/2024£12k£11k
31/12/2023£13k£44k
31/12/2022£13k£3k
31/12/2021£40k£10k

Common questions

Who funds Totnes Heritage Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Totnes Heritage Trust as a grant recipient include THE ELMGRANT TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ELMGRANT TRUSTFY2022£3k