# RENEWABLE HERITAGE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1107421
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 23, 2004
- **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=1107421


## Contact

- **Address:** TREEBEARDS, MAIN STREET, WESTOW, YORK
- **Postcode:** YO60 7NE
- **Phone:** 01653618925
- **Email:** info@howshammill.org.uk
- **Website:** www.howshammill.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LOCALITY OF ANY PROJECT UNDERTAKEN AND OF THE NATION, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY STRUCTURE OR ERECTION, AND AS ANY PART OF A BUILDING AS SO DEFINED) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST, WHICH MAY, WITHOUT DETRIMENT TO THE BUILDING'S HERITAGE, BE ADAPTED TO GENERATE RENEWABLE ENERGY.

**Activities:** Find new uses for old buildings by adapting them to generate renewable energy. Current project: Howsham Mill, North Yorkshire, an 18th century watermill which we are restoring for use as an environmental study/community centre.  The waterwheel plus two Archimedean Screw turbines will provide power for the building itself, and an income from electricity sales to support the project in the future.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- North Yorkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 31, 2025 | £3128 | £27935 | — | — |
| July 31, 2024 | £107450 | £30165 | — | — |
| July 31, 2023 | £41482 | £36957 | — | — |
| July 31, 2022 | £38751 | £23033 | — | — |
| July 31, 2021 | £44764 | £22457 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Ali Janene Firth** (Chair) — appointed April 12, 2023
- DAVID RICHARD MANN
- Harry William Chase — appointed March 6, 2024
- MARTIN CLIFFORD PHILLIPS
- MELANIE FOX — appointed Nov. 21, 2012
- PAUL LISTER
- Ronald Ian Haygarth Farrer — appointed Nov. 16, 2025
- William Brown — appointed Feb. 4, 2017