# Totnes Heritage Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1182256
- **Other names:** ST. MARY'S TOTNES HERITAGE TRUST, Totnes Heritage Trust
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 28, 2019
- **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=1182256


## Contact

- **Address:** GOLDEN OCTOBER, JUBILEE ROAD, TOTNES
- **Postcode:** TQ9 5BP
- **Phone:** 01803840259
- **Email:** chair@stmarystotnesheritagetrust.org
- **Website:** www.stmarystotnesheritagetrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) THE CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE HISTORICALLY-SIGNIFICANT MEDIAEVAL PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY’S IN TOTNES, AND THE OUTSTANDING HERITAGE AREA AROUND IT AND OTHER SITES OF RECOGNISED HERITAGE IMPORTANCE IN TOTNES BY:(A) REPAIRING, RESTORING, RENEWING AND REDEVELOPING THE BUILDING, STRUCTURE, FABRIC AND INTERIOR OF ST. MARY’S, AND ITS SURROUNDS, FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FIELDS OF LOCAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE, EITHER THROUGH USING FUNDS RAISED DIRECTLY AS PROJECT MANAGER, OR BY GIVING GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT SUCH PROJECT MANAGEMENT;(B) PROVIDING FUNDING TO EXTEND PROACTIVE CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT WORKS TO BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPES OF HERITAGE IMPORTANCE WITHIN TOTNES, USING SUCH FUNDS RAISED DIRECTLY AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR THOSE WORKS, OR BY GIVING GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT SUCH WORKS.(2) TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY’S TOTNES THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS.

**Activities:** The Trust raises funds to enable publicly important heritage restoration and conservation works to take place in the town of Totnes, Devon, as well as promoting the development of heritage community engagement projects, within the town. The first, and primary, project of the Trust is the restoration and development of St. Mary's Parish Church and its surrounding churchyard.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Devon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £12250 | £11080 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £12510 | £43585 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £12877 | £2527 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £39593 | £9601 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2849 | £5029 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN PERCY BIRCH** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 20, 2018
- Alexander Ringsmith — appointed April 9, 2025
- EMILY HARRIET PRICE — appointed Feb. 27, 2019
- GEORGINA ALLEN — appointed Feb. 27, 2019
- John Malcolm Anderson — appointed March 28, 2019
- Lynne Jennifer Birch — appointed March 28, 2019
- Penny Martin — appointed Oct. 26, 2020
- Zoe Caroline Trevor — appointed Nov. 12, 2020