Worcestershire Building Preservation Trust

Registered charity 241258 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND WORCESTER BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED, THE WORCESTERSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED, WORCESTERSHIE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD

Preservation of buildings

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £186,834, while restricted funds remained at £2,719, resulting in total funds of £189,553. The charity reported a net surplus of £165,877 for the year, driven by significant grant income from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Wychavon District Council. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Muras Baker Jones Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00837970

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Willow Court Farmhouse will be ‘Safe as Houses’ thanks for a £2.3 million grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded in Spring 20…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TOMPKINS, Ian Donald — director, appointed 02/07/2020on trustee list
• SELLERS, Robin Alan — director, appointed 10/01/2019on trustee list
• BARRON, Edward Graham — director, appointed 03/11/2016on trustee list
• ANDREW, Katherine Joan — director, appointed 07/01/2016not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDWARD GRAHAM BARRON · trustee of 3 other charities
• Ian Donald Tompkins · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kate Andrew
• Robin Sellers · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST.

• SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £981k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOLSTON, ST MARGARET'S income £100k
• DEVON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST income £386k
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY'S KINGS WORTHY income £191k
• NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.1m
• RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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