The Herbert Lane Trust

Charity number: 1017025
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

To encourage high standards of town and country planning and architecture. To stimulate public interest in the beauty & character of historic towns and villages. To unite local Amenity Societies and Parish & Town Councils in an effort to secure the features of historic and public interest. To advance the education of the public in the better understanding of social & economic changes.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £23,500
Total expenditure: £23,012

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 05 February 1993: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • ASHTAV (Working name)
  • ASSOCIATION OF SMALL HISTORIC TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Professor Malcolm Russell Airs Trustee 06 February 2024
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST
Received: On time
OXFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST (2016)
Received: On time
Michael James Coupe Trustee 06 February 2024
None on record
ED GRIMSDALE Trustee
None on record
ANNE LOCK Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £17.29k £16.48k £19.95k £21.82k £23.50k
Total expenditure £27.87k £26.15k £25.10k £85.97k £23.01k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 30 January 2026 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2024 07 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 19 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 20 November 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 December 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7 OCTOBER 1989 AS AMENDED 3 MAY 1990, 16 JANUARY 1993 AND 27 OCTOBER 2007 as amended on 16 Mar 2018 as amended on 16 Mar 2018

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR: (1) TO ENCOURAGE HIGH STANDARDS OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE; (2) TO STIMULATE PUBLIC INTEREST IN, AND CARE FOR THE BEAUTY, CHARACTER AND FABRIC OF HISTORIC TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND THEIR SETTINGS; (3) TO UNITE LOCAL AMENITY SOCIETIES AND PARISH AND TOWN COUNCILS IN HISTORIC TOWNS AND VILLAGES; (4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES WHICH AFFECT HISTORIC TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND THEIR SETTINGS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNITED KINGDOM

Contact information

Address:
Church Farm
Church Hill
Great Haseley
Oxford
OX44 7JZ
Phone:
07836220704
Email:
johnbalexander@hotmail.co.uk
Website:

No information available