HELSTON DOWNSLAND CHARITY

Registered charity 235477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELSTON ALLOTMENT IN AID OF POOR RATES, THE HELSTON WELFARE TRUST

To manage its assets for the benefit of the objects of the scheme

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: PARISH OF HELSTON AS CONSTITUTED ON THE 1 APRIL 1985

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 experienced an excess of payments over receipts of £3,137 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to £8,503 in the previous year. Total fund value declined from £695,278 to £579,762, driven by a decrease in the valuation of investments and a net movement on the portfolio. The trustees consider the audit requirement does not apply, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention.

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.

• Investment
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melissa Benyonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• FELICITY NICOLA BOASE · trustee of 3 other charities
• JOHN MARTIN · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jean Isabelle Slater · trustee of 3 other charities
• Mr Reginald John Lovett Boase · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mr Ronald Williams · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rev Michael Paul Andrew · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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