HEATHERSLAW MILL TRUST

Registered charity 502433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The running of Heatherslaw Mill

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF HEATHERSLAW MILL. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED.)

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: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£77k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £309,564 to £298,590, resulting in a net deficit of £15,224 for the year due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees consider the current financial state to be adequate to continue fulfilling objectives and have adopted the going concern basis. The charity is in the process of transferring its assets to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation structure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient and necessary to allow the HMT to fulfil its objectives (held: £299k)
“The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the HMT and have considered the nature of the income and expenditure streams. They consider that the reserves held are sufficient and necessary to allow the HMT to fulfil its objectives.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£77k£91k
31/10/2024£77k£87k
31/10/2023£85k£82k
31/10/2022£81k£146k
31/10/2021£98k£101k

Common questions

Is HEATHERSLAW MILL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £309,564 to £298,590, resulting in a net deficit of £15,224 for the year due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees consider the current financial state to be adequate to continue fulfilling objectives and have adopted the going concern basis. The charity is in the process of transferring its assets to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation structure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/06/1999£26k"Heatherslaw Visitor Information Centre, Cornhill on Tweed"