THE HERITAGE GROUP, BELLINGHAM

Registered charity 1192769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is to advance education of the public in the history, archaeology, geography, the environment and related aspects of the North Tyne and Redesdale Valleys by in particular but not exclusively:a. the management of a heritage centre in Bellinghamb. the provision for education, study and other suitable facilitiesc. supporting and co-ordinating research and displays

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED ASPECTS OF THE NORTH TYNE AND REDESDALE VALLEYS BY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:A.THE MANAGEMENT OF A HERITAGE CENTRE IN BELLINGHAMB.THE PROVISION FOR EDUCATION, STUDY AND OTHER SUITABLE FACILITIESC.SUPPORTING AND CO-ORDINATING RESEARCH AND DISPLAYS

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: Northumberland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £5,533 for the year, with total unrestricted reserves of £88,416. The trustees report that the charity is not dependent on any single source of funding and has reviewed the recoverability of balances associated with the Tea on the Train project, recognizing an impairment provision where appropriate. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable standards.

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 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 11/12/2023, 41 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 24/04/2023, 175 days after the 31/10/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Paul Gibbonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Galbraith CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Katrine Anderson · trustee of 1 other charity
• STANLEY FREDERICK OWEN M.A. · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP CIO.

• BELFORD COMMUNITY GROUP CIO income £41k
• THE LAURENCE STERNE TRUST income £86k
• THE GALE FOUNDATION TRUST CIO income £3.2m
• OLDP CIO income £40k
• STURMINSTER NEWTON HERITAGE TRUST income £30k
• THE GREEN HOWARDS TRUST income £274k

Side by side with its peers

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