CLAUDE AND MARGARET PIKE WOODLANDS TRUST

Registered charity 266072 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CLAUDE & MARGARET PIKE WOODLANDS TRUST

Grant making and management of Heatherecombe Woodland properties, Manaton & North Bovey, Newton Abbot, Devon

Objects

TO PROTECT OR IMPROVE, OR FOSTER AN APPRECIATION OF THE LANDSCAPE, NATURAL BEAUTY AND AMENTITY OF WOODLANDS, COPSES OR OTHER AREAS OF LAND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND THE FLORA AND FAUNA THEREIN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, AND TO FOSTER THE GROWTH OF SPECIMEN TREES AND SHRUBS AND TH ESTABLISMENT OF WOODLAND OR COPSES WHICH BY THEIR LOCATION WILL BE AN INSPIRATION TO MAN IN THE ENVIROMENT IN WHICH HE LIVES, AND A DEMONSTRATION OF MAN'S FAITH IN THE FUTURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£169k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust incurred a net decrease in funds of £212,324 for the year, driven by a net investment deficit of £119,843 and charitable expenditure of £169,044 against total income of £76,563. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £3,651,370, with the investment portfolio and cash deposits providing income deemed adequate for the Trust's needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant of £500 paid to Newton Abbot Community Transport Association, a charity of which J D Pike is a trustee.
“A £500 grant was also awared to Newton Abbot Community Transport Association, a charity which J D Pike is a trustee of.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£77k£169k
05/04/2024£68k£185k
05/04/2023£68k£191k
05/04/2022£268k£170k
05/04/2021£57k£157k

Common questions

Is CLAUDE AND MARGARET PIKE WOODLANDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust incurred a net decrease in funds of £212,324 for the year, driven by a net investment deficit of £119,843 and charitable expenditure of £169,044 against total income of £76,563. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £3,651,370, with the investment portfolio and cash deposits providing income deemed adequate for the Trust's needs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.