UK-St Helena Heritage Trust

Registered charity 1185952 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH NAPOLEONIC BICENTENARY TRUST, British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust

The UK-St Helena Heritage Trust exists to promote public education on, and preservation of, the heritage of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES OF CULTURAL, HISTORICAL AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE IN THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF SAINT HELENA (THE SITES), IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROMOTING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE SITES;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GEORGIAN ERA (1714-1837) IN THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF SAINT HELENA, WITH A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE NAPOLEONIC ERA (1799-1815) AND NAPOLEON BONAPARTEÆS INTERNMENT ON THE ISLAND (1815-1821); AND(C) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE RENOVATION, PRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE SITES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts were £90,040, primarily from a donation by Lord Ashcroft, while total payments were £89,876 for restoration projects. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,621 and has no liabilities, which the trustees consider sufficient for current needs. The financial statements were prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Kedell Worboys MBE
• MICHAEL BINYON OBE
• Oni Oviri
• PHILIP DAVIES
• Peter Hicks
• Philip John Sharman
• Professor Alan Forrest
• Thomas Peregrine Stansfeld Bryant
• Viscountess Penelope Cobham CBE

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

Operates in: Saint Helena · Throughout England

Income and spending

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