ROMSEY AND DISTRICT BUILDINGS PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 270498 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROMSEY AND DISTRICT BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Restoration and Preservation of historic buildings in the southern area of the Test Valley.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TEST VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA IN THE COUNTY OF HANTS AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE WHATEVER OF THE ENGLISH HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE MAY EXIST IN THE AREA AFORESAID IN THE FORM OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDNG AS DEFINED IN SECTION 290(4) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1971) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

Area of benefit: SOUTHERN PART OF THE TEST VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £65,970 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £190,308 to £124,338. The trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds of £24,563 held at year-end.

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 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR PETER JORDAN BSC PHDchair
• DILYS HALL
• Dr FRANK MACDONALD AKERMAN · trustee of 2 other charities
• JAMES MALCOLM LAFFEATY
• MICHAEL WOODHALL · trustee of 3 other charities
• PETER HALLIWELL
• RODERICK GORDON JACKSON
• Richard Barnes Hewett · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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