COUNTRY BUILDINGS PROTECTION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 283059 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Funding projects and activities which help to preserve and protect the buildings, character, aspect and amenities of the rural environment especially in the parishes of Lockinge and Ardington.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISHES OF ARDINGTON AND LOCKINGE IN THE COUNTRY OF OXFORDSHIRE BUILDINGS AND LANDS OF BEAUTY OR HISTORIC INTEREST AND, AS REGARDS LANDS, OF ECOLOGICAL OR OTHER SCIENTIFIC IMPORTANCE AND ASPECT AND AMENITIES OF THE RURAL ENVIROMENT, AND SO FAR AS NECESSARY FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FOREGOING TO PROMOTE, ASSIST (BY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OR OTHERWISE) OR OPPOSE PROPOSALS FOR THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH BUILDINGS OR LANDS.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

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

Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £61,363 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £996,368. The trustees confirm that income from donations is steady and sufficient reserves exist to cover expenses and continuing charitable objectives. Consequently, the accounts 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

Reserves policy: It is not the Trustees’ policy to maintain reserves of income as all expenditure of the charity is met by annual donations income. (held: £996k)
“It is not the Trustees’ policy to maintain reserves of income as all expenditure of the charity is met by annual donations income.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 7
“Brown & Co (previously Adkin), Chartered Surveyors, provided management services amounting to £6,892 in the year (2024 - £6,674)” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£100k£39k
30/09/2024£33k£42k
30/09/2023£62k£56k
30/09/2022£22k£41k
30/09/2021£40k£41k

Common questions

Is COUNTRY BUILDINGS PROTECTION TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £61,363 for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds of £996,368. The trustees confirm that income from donations is steady and sufficient reserves exist to cover expenses and continuing charitable objectives. Consequently, the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.