CCEW Charity Commission profile

LION SALT WORKS TRUST

Registered charity 1020258 · organisation 1020258

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
27 April 1993
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
02794519
Financial period
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income
£496
Latest expenditure
£734
Gift Aid
Yes
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: 8 Petrel Close, WINSFORD, Cheshire, CW7 1LB

Website recorded by the regulator: lionsaltworkstrust.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Support of a restored industrial heritage working museum at the site of the Lion Salt Works in Marston, Northwich, which was the last working open pan salt works in the UK and is now a scheduled monument. Also education by the interpretation of the history of the site and former proprietors, the heritage of salt making in Cheshire and elsewhere, the science of salt and related products.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received
10 October 2025
Total Gross Income
£496
Total Gross Expenditure
£734
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received
24 October 2024
Total Gross Income
£245
Total Gross Expenditure
£490
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received
15 August 2024
Total Gross Income
£228
Total Gross Expenditure
£419
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received
27 October 2022
Total Gross Income
£143
Total Gross Expenditure
£250
Fin Period Start Date
1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date
31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received
23 November 2021
Total Gross Income
£306
Total Gross Expenditure
£633

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Local Authority
Geographic Area Description
Cheshire West & Chester
Welsh Ind
No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code
207
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
The General Public/mankind
Classification Code
310
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Other Charitable Activities
Classification Code
112
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
Environment/conservation/heritage

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
LION SALT WORKS TRUST
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
1993-04-27T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/01/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/09/2009 as amended on 11 Apr 2019
Charitable Objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY (1) THE PRESERVATION RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT ENHANCEMENT USE THE MAINTENANCE OF FEATURES AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST WHICH RELATE TO THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES OF OPEN PAN SALT PRODUCTION AND (2) THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAID TRADITIONAL PRACTICES FOR PRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF A WORKING MUSEUM AT THE RESTORED LION SALT WORKS
Area Of Benefit
NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE CHESHIRE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id
56468
Charity Name Type
Working name
Charity Name
LION SALT WORKS