01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 19 July 2024
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2026
- Latest income
- £38,541
- Latest expenditure
- £20,687
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: Desford Library, Main Street, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JP
Website recorded by the regulator: www.desfordheritage.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Desford Heritage provides many opportunities to the residents of Desford and the surrounding area to celebrate the history of the village. This is done by delivering events, offering guided heritage walks and talks, putting on displays and workshops, maintaining and developing the Desford Heritage Trail, supporting individuals researching their family history and preserving the village archive.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 September 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £38,541
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,687
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 8 November 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 8 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £26,853
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,917
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Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 February 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 September 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £38,541
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £20,687
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 250
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 19 July 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 January 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 30 November 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 8 November 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £26,853
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £1,917
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 0
- Count Govt Grants
- £2
- Income From Government Grants
- £19,110
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- Yes
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- Yes
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 20
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Leicestershire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 113
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 309
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Classification Code
- 308
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DESFORD HERITAGE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2024-07-19T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Jul 2024
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF DESFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY HOLDING EDUCATIONAL AND COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS, OFFERING GUIDED HERITAGE WALKS AND TALKS, PUTTING ON DISPLAYS AND WORKSHOPS, AND MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING THE DESFORD HERITAGE TRAIL.
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures