HYDE WAR MEMORIAL TRUST (LOWER HIGHAM FARM)

Registered charity 228670 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The 1924 Deed states that the land should remain unbuilt upon and used for the resort and recreation of the inhabitants of the Borough of Hyde. The Trust maintains the Cenotaph on the top of Werneth Low. The 1924 Deed states that a wreath be laid at the Cenotaph on the 25th June each year to commemorate the signing of the Versailles Treaty which ended World War 1.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a healthy financial position with income exceeding expenditure for the period. The trustees report that the charity holds substantial financial reserves of approximately £394,000, which are held for planned maintenance of the Cenotaph and the Visitor Centre.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Durkinchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Sheppeck · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carole Longson
• Cllr Betty Affleck
• Cllr Christopher Halligan
• John Bell
• Lee Howard Davenport
• Margaret Halliday
• PETER AINGER
• RICHARD EKIN
• Rilly Shibley Alam
• Susan Ellis
• Susan Plackett

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

Operates in: Tameside

Income and spending

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