HISTON & IMPINGTON GREEN SPACES

Registered charity 1195616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's mission is to acquire, or secure long-term access to, land in and around Histon & Impington and enable this to be managed for these twin purposes: nature conservation and the community experiencing nature for their enjoyment, health and wellbeing. The first sites for these purposes are Long Meadow and Croft Close Nature Reserve, collectively known as Abbey Fields.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE PARISHES OF HISTON AND IMPINGTON BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY.

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 charity reports total net assets of £348,285, comprising £71,705 in cash and £276,580 in tangible fixed assets. The trustees state that reserves policy is to maintain not less than £20,000, and the actual unrestricted reserves of £300,351 significantly exceed this target. The accounts confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Rebekah Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Frederick Dives
• Donald Guy Richardson
• Dr Nicholas James Bailey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian David Ellis
• Jonathan Frank Pavey
• Katharine Anne Holliday

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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Government & lottery funding

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