# THE COPPED HALL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1065569
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 6, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1065569


## Contact

- **Address:** Copped Hall Trust, Stable Courtyard, EPPING, Essex
- **Postcode:** CM16 5HS
- **Phone:** 07785237880
- **Email:** john.dawson@coppedhall.uk
- **Website:** coppedhalltrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE AND ENHANCEMENT FOR T HE BENEFIT OF THE DISTRICT OF EPPING FOREST IN ESSEX AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE OF COPPED HALL, IN EPPING ESSEX AND ITS OUTBUILDINGS, GARDENS, GROUNDS AND ENVIRONS FOR THE TIME BEING (TOGETHER CALLED "COPPED HALL"); AND 2. TO ADVANCE  PUBLIC EDUCATION BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT PARTICULARLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY) IN THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURAL VALUE OF COPPED HALL AND THE HISTORY AND ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF EPPING FOREST AND ITS SUPPORT LANDS; AND 3. IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO PROVIDE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AT COPPED HALL FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE RECREATIONAL CHARITIES ACT 1958. ("SUPPORT LANDS") MEANS THOSE LANDS ADJACENT TO OR SURROUNDING EPPING FOREST WHICH PROVIDE ECOLOGICAL PROTECTION FOR THE FOREST.

**Activities:** Restoring an eighteenth century building and gardens to provide facilities/open space/education

**Area of benefit:** EPPING FOREST




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £314348 | £462366 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £423706 | £475520 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £657550 | £366380 | £4076800 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £609250 | £276745 | £3756495 | 0 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £739993 | £191730 | £3427822 | 0 |



## Trustees

- **ALAN MICHAEL COX RIBA** (Chair)
- Geoffrey Richard Speller — appointed June 9, 2019
- Jane Taylor — appointed June 30, 2024
- John Dawson — appointed June 30, 2024
- Louise Robertson — appointed Nov. 29, 2020
- Michael Smith — appointed July 6, 2023
- Nicholas Charles Munday — appointed April 27, 2025
- Philip James McKinder — appointed March 15, 2018