THE HURST WATER MEADOW TRUST

Registered charity 1191096 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve, conserve and protect The Hurst Water Meadow and any other land acquired by the Trust, its terrestrial and aquatic life and their habitats for the benefit of the public. To advance public education in the study and research of Dorchester on Thames' water meadows and their conservation and the dissemination of the useful results of such research.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF HURST WATER MEADOW AND ANY OTHER LAND ACQUIRED BY THE TRUST, ITS TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC LIFE AND THEIR HABITATS 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY AND RESEARCH OF LAND OWNED OR MANAGED BY THE TRUST AND ITS CONSERVATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;3. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: TO

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 the charity reported a surplus of £15,576 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £89,871. The trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing reliance on volunteers and sufficient undesignated reserves of £26,071 to manage operations.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Roger Seabrookchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Smith
• David Randolph Paul Wilkinson BA, MLitt
• GRAHAM BELAND
• Mary Louise Beland
• Richard Tilley BSc
• Sally Bell
• Sandra Harding
• Sophia Stewart-Liberty
• Thomas Parry Airs

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

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Government & lottery funding

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