THE CORNWALL BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 266880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORNWALL BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST LTD

The preservation and restoration of buildings of architectural or historic interest anywhere within Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly. The charity operates on a rolling fund basis, by utilising its funds to buy, restore and sell. In the light of the increasingly difficult property market, greater emphasis will in future be put on working in partnership.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION PROPERTY IN CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDINGS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336(1) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: CORNWALL AND THE ISLE OF SCILLY

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 total funds decreased to £30,619, with unrestricted reserves falling to £20,576. The charity reports a significant current liability of £52,015 against current assets of £82,634, resulting in a net current asset position of £30,619. The trustees note that the charity does not currently have sufficient reserves to actively promote grant applications.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KAREN PRITCHARD
• KERI PARKINSON
• Karen La Borde
• Laura Highton
• Loic Rich · trustee of 2 other charities
• Martin Perry
• Mrs Georgina Jane McLaren
• Nicholas M Cattaneo
• Sarah Schmitz
• Victoria Hall

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Isles Of Scilly

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED.

• THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £1.2m
• CORNWALL HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £333k
• RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m
• LONDON HISTORIC BUILDINGS TRUST LTD income £116k
• MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST income £159k
• NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM CORNWALL TRUST income £2.4m

Side by side with its peers

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