EAST KESWICK WILDLIFE TRUST

Registered charity 1182308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the conservation, maintenance and study of places and objects of botanical, zoologi- cal, geological, ecological or scientific interest in the Parish of East Keswick and elsewhere by:-a. establishing, forming, owning and maintaining sanctuaries or reserves for the conservation of flora and fauna;b. promoting the education of the public, particularly young people.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND STUDY OF PLACES AND OBJECTS OF BOTANICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL OR SCIENTIFIC INTEREST IN THE PARISH OF EAST KESWICK AND ELSEWHERE BY:-A. ESTABLISHING, FORMING, OWNING AND MAINTAINING SANCTUARIES OR RESERVES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA;B. PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE, IN THE UNDERSTANDING, ENJOYMENT AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL FLORA AND FAUNA;C. PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND CARRYING OUT STUDY AND RESEARCH IN THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF NATURE CONSERVATION, AND TO PUBLISH USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;D. CO-OPERATING WITH OTHER BODIES OF ALLIED INTEREST WHERE THIS MAY ASSIST IN ATTAINING THE AIM OF THE TRUST; ANDE. LIAISING WITH VOLUNTARY AND STATUTORY BODIES INVOLVED IN LOCAL LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND TO ADVISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SITES.

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: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust ended the year with net assets of £413,923, having incurred an excess of payments over receipts of £6,753. The trustees report that the Trust has adequate cash resources to continue in operation, noting that unrestricted funds were temporarily below their stated policy target of £5,000–£10,000 due to timing differences with grant claims. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the financial statements.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/02/2024, 20 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 (11/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Smithchair
• Andrew Turner
• Elaine Phyllis Woolley
• Emma Louise Wren
• Jeanne Lesley Jackson
• Melanie Smith
• Michael Harrison
• PAUL HOLMES
• Philip Edward Delaney
• Prof Simon Bottrell · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomasin Richmal Meadley

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK CONSERVATION TRUST.

• THE COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK CONSERVATION TRUST income £239k
• HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.9m
• TEES VALLEY WILDLIFE TRUST LTD income £708k
• SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
• DURHAM WILDLIFE TRUST income £2.8m
• SUSSEX WILDLIFE TRUST income £7.2m

Side by side with its peers

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