THE STOWE HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1066272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SHPT

The restoration and preservation of Stowe House in Buckinghamshire for the benefit of the public and the nation.

Objects

a. to protect and preserve for the benefit of the public and of the nation Stowe House and its historic collections in the county of Buckingham; and b. operating and maintaining the Stowe House museum for the benefit of the public.

Area of benefit: BUCKINGHAM

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £19,934,485, with a designated maintenance reserve of £325,000 and a general unrestricted fund of £638,180. The trustees consider £1.4 million to be a sufficient level of general unrestricted funds for the continued operation of the charity, supported by a Historic Building Condition Report. The net expenditure for the year was £223,838, driven by a reduction in donations and grants received.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• 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)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~43.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW W M FANE MA FCA OBEchair
• Haydn Cole
• JEFFREY HAWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN R C ARKWRIGHT
• James Percy Miller D.L. · trustee of 3 other charities
• Jonathan Yarker
• MR ROB MORLEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Herrod · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIMON CHARLES CREEDY SMITH BA ACA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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