FRIENDS OF THE HURTWOOD

Registered charity 200053 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HURTWOOD CONTROL COMMITTEE, HURTWOOD CONTROL TRUST

Providing access to countryside by clearing paths, maintaining car parks, providing interpretation etc

Objects

1. TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR HEALTHY OPEN AIR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AND TO PROVIDE AND PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS TO ANY LAND IN RELATION TO WHICH THE COMMITTEE IS EMPOWERED TO CARRY ON ITS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, WOODLAND AND HEATHLAND IN SURREY.2. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND HISTORIC ASPECTS OF ALL SUCH LANDS IN RELATION TO WHICH THE COMMITTEE IS EMPOWERED TO CARRY ON ITS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING, IN PARTICULAR, WOODLAND AND HEATHLAND IN SURREY.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND ITS HISTORY AND IN ITS CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT.

Area of benefit: PARISHES OF ALBURY, SHERE EWHURST AND CRANLEIGH

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 accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £13,717 for the year, relying on reserves to cover costs due to significant fly-tipping expenses. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £570,855 are adequate for the charity's size and there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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
• 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

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

Operates in: Surrey

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