THE BLACKHEATH SOCIETY

Registered charity 1196292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We aim to preserve and enhance for the benefit of the public the features of Blackheath of particular beauty or historical and architectural interest; to protect its open spaces; to encourage high standards of planning and architecture in its new buildings; to promote improvements to the amenities of the area and to encourage appreciation of its character and history.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a strong financial position with total funds of £631,676 at the year end. The trustees consider the reserves held to be at an appropriate level to protect the Society from insolvency risk and disruption to its work. There are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Blackheath Joint Working Party Community Fund — “The survey, funded by the Blackheath Joint Working Party Community Fund with the support of the Society, recorded 873 individual butterflies…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ana Lopes Sutherlandchair
• Adam James Oliver
• Alan Richard Burkitt-Gray · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dame Helen May Reeves
• Elizabeth Muriel Wright
• John Gerard Barron
• Nicholas Patton
• Nicola Olive Peers · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Richard Watts
• Prof John Bellhouse Schofield
• Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield
• Yadav Prasad Bhandari · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).