THE FRIENDS OF CRESSING TEMPLE

Registered charity 1214589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To conserve, enhance and develop the buildings, gardens, farm equipment and the historic site at Cressing Temple, as a unique historical, social, horticultural and educational record and resource; and to support the site owners Essex County Council in this objective, for the benefit of the people of Essex.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE HISTORIC SITE AND GARDENS AT CRESSING TEMPLE AND THE PROMOTION OF THEIR USE BY THE PUBLIC, THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF A GROUP OF FRIENDS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUZANNE MARY LOWEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Derek Wotton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dormer David Andrews
• Jane Eanswythe Palmer
• Lesley Jean Killin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Monika Curry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Roderick Nixon
• Stephen Ryder

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

Operates in: Essex