MALVERN HILLS CONSERVATORS

Registered charity 515804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MALVERN HILLS TRUST

MHT shall manage the hills toPreserve the natural aspect of the hillsProtect and manage trees, shrubs, turf and other vegetationPrevent unlawful digging and quarryingKeep the hills open, unenclosed and unbuilt on as open spaces for the recreation and enjoyment of the publicConserve and enhance biodiversity, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Scheduled Ancient Monuments on its land.

Objects

THE PRESERVATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ALL THE NATURAL ASPECTS AND FEATURES OF THE MALVERN HILLS AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £4,275,183, with free reserves of £627,968 remaining above the stated policy target of £350,000. The charity reported a net decrease in restricted funds but maintained adequate cash resources and concluded it is a going concern. Significant expenditure was incurred on the Parliamentary Bill and tree safety works, while investment returns were positive.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Malvern Hills Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

83 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (77 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Myatt
• Anne Felicity Player Robinson
• Chris McSweeny · trustee of 1 other charity
• Cynthia Palmer
• DAVID CHARLES BALDWIN
• DAVID EDWARD MEAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Core
• David Edwards
• David Fellows
• David Reynolds
• Frances Victory
• Jennifer Rosalind Burford
• John Michael
• John Stock
• LUCY HODGSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MR CHRIS ROUSE
• Malcolm Victory
• Mark John Driscoll
• PROFESSOR John Raine
• Paul Spencer Bennett
• Peter Rogers
• Richard Bartholomew
• Richard Fowler
• Robert Berry
• Simon Baggaley
• William Allan Cottam

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Herefordshire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HOW HILL TRUST.

• HOW HILL TRUST income £427k
• THE SIR HAROLD HILLIER GARDENS AND ARBORETUM income £3.6m
• CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH CLEEVE HILL COMMON income £332k
• HORSELL COMMON PRESERVATION SOCIETY income £343k
• WIMBLEDON AND PUTNEY COMMONS CONSERVATORS income £2.7m
• DARTMOOR PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION income £556k

Side by side with its peers

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