THE GODINTON HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1002278 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

House, gardens and parkland open to the public. School visits, educational courses and workshops. Programme of repair and conservation to the historic house and restoration of parkland.

Objects

(1)TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF GODINTON HOUSE, NEAR ASHFORD, KENT(GODINTON) AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE CHARITY OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE CHARITY SHALL HAVE ANY INTEREST AND WHICH ARE OF NATIONAL SCENIC HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL AESTHETIC SCIENTIFIC EDUCATIONAL OR ARTISTIC INTEREST OR IMPORTANCE (2)TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF GODINTON FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT (3)TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS AN ADJUNCT TO GODINTON CHATTELS OF ANY DESCRIPTION (THE CHATTELS) AS ARE ORDINARILY KEPT AT GODINTON OR WHICH MAY BE GIVEN OR LOANED TO THE CHARITY AND WHICH THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER TO BE APPROPRIATE TO BE KEPT AT GODINTON.(4)TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE ACCESS TO AND THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF GODINTON AND THE CHATTELS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC (5)SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: GODINTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net increase in funds of £970,627 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven largely by investment gains of £1,247,908. The trustees confirm that free reserves (unrestricted funds excluding designated funds) stood at £16,916,682, and they maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chavereys Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~130.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• GINA ANNE JENNINGS
• JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON · trustee of 6 other charities
• THE HON WYNDHAM GEORGE PLUMPTRE · trustee of 1 other charity
• THE RT HON DAMIAN HOWARD GREEN MP · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• JOHN LEIGH-PEMBERTON — trustee here and at THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST
• THE HON WYNDHAM GEORGE PLUMPTRE — trustee here and at THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
• HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m
• THE GATTON TRUST LIMITED income £173k
• THE HORNIMAN PUBLIC MUSEUM AND PUBLIC PARK TRUST income £10.4m
• SEFTON PARK PALM HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £981k
• CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST income £19.4m

Side by side with its peers

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