THE BLACKDEN TRUST

Charity number: 1115818
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Trust cares for a Tudor house on a site that has been inhabited for 10,000 years. It uses the place and its collections to inspire participation through interdisciplinary workshops, events and training in ways that enhance the Curriculum, are enriched by archaeological, scientific and creative expertise, and link with the work of the author Alan Garner, whose workplace Blackden remains.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £13,940
Total expenditure: £12,190

People

5 Trustee(s)

25 Volunteer(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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Cheshire East
  • Cheshire West & Chester

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 August 2006: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
RICHARD JAMES HEDGE Chair 28 June 2022
None on record
Stewart Frederick Smallwood Trustee 23 November 2018
None on record
Martin Andrew Boulton Trustee 14 September 2018
TERRA NOVA SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
GRISELDA OLIVIA HELEN GARNER Trustee
None on record
ELIZABETH DEBORAH GARNER Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £21.28k £6.20k £6.53k £13.94k £13.94k
Total expenditure £26.84k £3.63k £4.98k £12.19k £12.19k
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 2024 28 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 27 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 29 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 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.

TRUST DEED MADE 9 JUNE 2006

Charitable objects

1 TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE LAND AND DWELLING HOUSES KNOWN AS TOAD HALL AND THE MEDICINE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING LANDS AT BLACKDEN HOLMES CHAPEL CREWE CHESHIRE WHICH LANDS ARE REGISTERED AT HM LAND REGISTRY UNDER THE TITLE NUMBER CH22366 AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS FOUND THERE; 2 TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION STUDY AND CARE OF THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT AT THE PROPERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; 3 TO FOSTER RESEARCH IN RESPECT OF SUCH HERITAGE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; 4 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARCHITECTURE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PROPERTY BY ORGANISING VISITS EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR NON RESIDENTIAL; AND 5 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF AN ENVIRONMENT EITHER RESIDENTIAL OR NON-RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN COMPLETING ARTISTIC OR ACADEMIC WORK OF MERIT.

Area of benefit

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

BLACKDEN HOLMES CHAPEL, CREWE, CHESHIRE

Contact information

Address:
The Blackden Trust
Blackden
Holmes Chapel
Cheshire
CW4 8BY
Phone:
01423504219
Email:
coordinator@theblackdentrust.org.uk
Website:

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