THE BURTON CONSTABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1010121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preserve Burton Constable Hall and the collections therein together with its associated buildings and historic parkland for public benefit.

Objects

1. to acquire and maintain for the public benefit the house known as Burton Constable Hall near Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU11 4LN together with the contents thereof and the land and estate appurtenant thereto and to conserve the same and make them available to members of the public; and2. the relief of poverty and the advancement of education and such other purposes for the benefit of the community as shall be exclusively charitable.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a total surplus of £136,849 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by better investment returns and admissions income. Total funds carried forward amounted to £9,578,845, with the high level of reserves required in the Endowment Fund to generate sufficient investment income to cover running costs. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 5 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

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~138.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (51% 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: 11.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Charles David Forbes Adam · trustee of 3 other charities
• Hon Mrs Hatta Byng
• John Robert Dickinson
• John Straker Constable · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lady Cara Mary Cecilia Willoughby · trustee of 1 other charity
• RODRICA STRAKER
• Rory Kingsley Wardroper

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

Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire

Income and spending

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