THE COWDRAY HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1071069 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£273k

Registered

1998

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£273k

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£886k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~39.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Andrew Malcom Kennedy
BRUCE NEWBIGGING · trustee of 1 other charity
JONATHAN EDWARD RUSSELL
Nicholas James Cansfield · trustee of 1 other charity
VISCOUNT MICHAEL ORLANDO WEETMAN COWDRAY

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£273k
31/03/2024	£71k	£97k
31/03/2023	£112k	£146k
31/03/2022	£66k	£85k
31/03/2021	£81k	£59k

Common questions

Who funds THE COWDRAY HERITAGE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COWDRAY HERITAGE TRUST as a grant recipient include MIDHURST PENSIONS TRUST, BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST, ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
MIDHURST PENSIONS TRUST	FY2025	£990k
BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST	FY2025	£50k
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS	FY2025	£10

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/02/2020	£45k	"Planning for the Future of Cowdray Ruins"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	11/03/2010	£50k	"Education Officer, Cowdray Heritage Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/09/1999	£2.8m	"Cowdray & Midhurst Heritage Project"