ALLOTMENT IN LIEU OF COMMON RIGHTS

Registered charity 205824 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESHUNT COMMON RIGHTS TRUST

Manages and lets 100 acres of grazing and other land in Goffs Oak and Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.Pays annual dividend, from rents and investments income, to heirs and successors of holders of rights to compensation for giving up right to graze animals on the 100 acres known as Cheshunt Common.

Objects

DISTRIBUTION, ANNUALLY TO COTTAGERS, OF THE INCOME ARISING FROM LANDS FORMERLY COMMON AT CHESHUNT.

Area of benefit: CHESHUNT

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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Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£7k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted funds totaling £231,524, derived from investment income and rent receivable. The trustees have adopted a policy of prudence for the reserve fund to cover future expenditure, and the independent examiner's report confirms the financial statements were prepared from records provided by the trustees without expressing an audit opinion.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: policy of prudence ... to ensure that funds are available to cover the future expenditure of the Trust (held: £232k)
“The Trustees have adopted a policy of prudence in respect of the reserve fund to ensure that funds are available to cover the future expenditure of the Trust.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£36k£7k
30/09/2024£18k£9k
30/09/2023£83k£19k
30/09/2022£18k£18k
30/09/2021£19k£11k

Common questions

Is ALLOTMENT IN LIEU OF COMMON RIGHTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted funds totaling £231,524, derived from investment income and rent receivable. The trustees have adopted a policy of prudence for the reserve fund to cover future expenditure, and the independent examiner's report confirms the financial statements were prepared from records provided by the trustees without expressing an audit opinion. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.