The Heydown Trust
What it does
The trustees meet twice a year to consider requests from individuals and charities living or operating in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. Their objectives will be in community projects, education, medical, health, disability, poverty relief and emergency aid.Please submit applications by email to Liz Williams in January and February or July and August.
Its charitable purposes
THE ADVANCEMENT OR IN FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Overseas aid and famine relief
- Religious activities
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Makes grants to organisations
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Devon
- Cornwall
- Somerset
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 5 April 2025, it had income of £24,067 and spent £21,247.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | £24,067 | £21,247 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | £32,454 | £19,979 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £27,099 | £27,463 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £19,342 | £25,298 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £30,892 | £14,976 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 22%, from £30,892 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £24,067 in the year to 5 April 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 88% of its income in the year to 5 April 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 5 April 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 5 April 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Toby Richard SharpChair
- Erica Clare Sturdy
- Liz Williams
- Matthew James Allitt
- Nicholas Geoffrey Axford
- Nicola Joan Sharp
- Rev Owen David Williams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2025 | 5 February 2026 | Received 28 April 2026, 82 days late | Not required |
| 5 April 2024 | 5 February 2025 | Received 8 January 2025, 28 days early | Received 8 January 2025 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 7 January 2025, 342 days late | Received 5 September 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 30 January 2023, 1 day early | Not required |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 22 March 2022, 50 days late | Received 22 March 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1003793
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 8 August 1991
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 15TH. JUNE 1991
- Website
- www.facebook.com/groups/1464500334620805
- Council area of its contact address
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.