POCKLINGTON DISTRICT HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1192342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We promote education, knowledge and understanding for all ages of the heritage of Pocklington and its hinterland, by research, sharing and conservation of local heritage assets. We produce regular history lectures, publications and exhibitions and answer and advise public enquiries. We are also working towards establishing a museum/permanent collection to publically display local heritage.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF POCKLINGTON AND ITS HINTERLAND, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A PERMANENT MUSEUM AND COLLECTIONS FOR PUBLIC PRESENTATION, PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF HERITAGE ASSETS AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £10,433 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total funds increasing from £28,925 to £41,699. Per the trustees' report, reserves are maintained at a consistent level to support current and future activities, though no specific monetary target or policy duration is defined. The charity remains solvent with unrestricted cash and bank balances of £11,736.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “The ambition was further informed in 2019 by a National Lottery Heritage Fund supported feasibility study for Burnby Hall as the potential s…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALEXANDER JAMES HARVEY
• Alfred Halkon
• Andrew Sefton
• Ashley Rickman
• DAVID BOWMAN
• Evangeline Elizabeth Elliott
• Harriet Camilla Dorman
• Philip Gilbank · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT NEIL FISK
• Sheena Mcnamee · trustee of 1 other charity
• Susan Sheila Fisher
• Thomas Bond

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

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