CHAWTON HOUSE LIBRARY

Registered charity 1026921 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY ENGLISH WOMEN'S WRITING

To promote study and research into early women's literature.To protect restore and preserve Chawton House, Hampshire and the surrounding estate for the benefit of the public.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained stable financial health with a proven capacity for prudent planning, despite a net deficit for the year. The trustees regard the financial position as secure, noting that cashflow revenues exceeded day-to-day expenditure when depreciation is excluded. However, the charity reported no free reserves at year-end, with net assets largely tied up in illiquid tangible and heritage assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02851718

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CRISSEY III, John Chappell — director, appointed 15/03/2025not on trustee list
• FERGUSON, Ailsa Grant, Dr — director, appointed 15/03/2025on trustee list
• CLINTON, Clare Jade Collingwood — director, appointed 15/03/2025on trustee list
• BARKER, Joanna Margaret — director, appointed 07/09/2024on trustee list
• BALLASTER, Rosalind Margaret, Dr — director, appointed 22/07/2023on trustee list
• SAVILLE, Sue — director, appointed 19/12/2018on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Anne Mcmeehan — director, appointed 26/10/2017on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Simon Fairfax — director, appointed 21/09/2017not on trustee list
• ANSDELL, Louise — director, appointed 13/03/2017on trustee list
• CHILDS, Katherine Emma — secretary, appointed 20/02/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (36% 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: 29.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LOUISE ANSDELLchair
• Clare Clinton
• Dr Ailsa Grant Ferguson
• Joanna Barker
• John Crissey
• Mrs McMeehan Roberts · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Rosalind Margaret Ballaster
• SIMON FAIRFAX KNIGHT DL · trustee of 2 other charities
• SUE SAVILLE

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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• THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY income £110k
• THE STOWE HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £515k
• BROMLEY HOUSE LIBRARY income £505k
• THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £194k
• HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY income £1.6m
• SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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