THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED
Registered charity 291607 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Acquisition and maintenance of land and buildings of significance to Cornwall's Heritage and presentation of such sites to to the public. Provision of grants to support preservation of buildings artefacts and other items or contributions of significance to Cornwall's Heritage. Education of of the public and in particular education of young people about Cornwall's Heritage.
Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,446,169, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of average operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future 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: six months of average operating costs (held: £2.4m)
“The target minimum reserves is equal to six months of average operating costs.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by BK Plus Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Cornwall Heritage Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Cathy Woolcock — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Lt Col Richard Trant — Chairman (source)
- Mrs Alison Davey — Vice Chairman (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
15 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (14 freehold); recorded price paid £85k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£185k
Reported reserves equal ~28.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 15.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- LT COL RICHARD TRANTchair
- ALISON DAVEY
- Ann Preston-Jones
- ELIZABETH CLARE JACQUES
- Matthew Stuart Dickinson
- Michael Johns
- Peter Charles Herring · trustee of 1 other charity
- Richard Granville Farrant
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cornwall
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,446,169, which exceeds its stated policy target of six months of average operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BK Plus Audit Limited.
Who funds THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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