# HYDE WAR MEMORIAL TRUST (LOWER HIGHAM FARM)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 228670
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 30, 1963
- **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=228670


## Contact

- **Address:** Hyde War Memorial Trust, Lower Higham Visitor Centre, Higham Lane, HYDE, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** SK14 5LR
- **Phone:** 01613686667
- **Email:** hydewmt@gmail.com
- **Website:** http://hwmt.org



## Activities

**Objects:** MAINTENANCE OF A WAR MEMORIAL ON WERNETH LOW HYDE AND THE HOLDING OF LOWER HIGHAM FARM HYDE, FOR THE GENERAL GOOD RESORT USE AND RECREATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HYDE.

**Activities:** The 1924 Deed states that the land should remain unbuilt upon and used for the resort and recreation of the inhabitants of the Borough of Hyde. The Trust maintains the Cenotaph on the top of Werneth Low. The 1924 Deed states that a wreath be laid at the Cenotaph on the 25th June each year to commemorate the signing of the  Versailles Treaty which ended World War 1.

**Area of benefit:** BOROUGH OF HYDE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Tameside



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £42613 | £37870 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £39088 | £34856 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £34412 | £8594 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £18830 | £63322 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £24337 | £4585 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jane Durkin** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 18, 2021
- Anne Sheppeck — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- Carole Longson — appointed Oct. 26, 2023
- Cllr Betty Affleck — appointed July 2, 2015
- Cllr Christopher Halligan — appointed Oct. 23, 2025
- John Bell — appointed Nov. 18, 2021
- Lee Howard Davenport — appointed Oct. 24, 2024
- Margaret Halliday — appointed July 5, 2017
- PETER AINGER
- RICHARD EKIN — appointed July 21, 2022
- Rilly Shibley Alam — appointed July 21, 2022
- Susan Ellis — appointed Nov. 18, 2021
- Susan Plackett — appointed Nov. 18, 2021