THE POLTIMORE HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1079947 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as POLTIMORE HOUSE, POLTIMORE HOUSE TRUST

The Poltimore House Trust is dedicated to restoring Poltimore House, a unique Grade II* listed country house, to create a heritage asset for the community through education, arts, commercial and community activities.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF DEVON AND THE NATION AT LARGE THE BUILDING OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC INTEREST KNOWN AS POLTIMORE HOUSE IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AND ITS GROUNDS AND SETTING AND ANY ADJOINING LAND OR BUILDINGS WHICH FORMED PART OF THE POLTIMORE ESTATE.

Area of benefit: DEVON

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £26,751 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £179,104. The trustees acknowledge that the site suffered major damage from an arson attack in April 2024 but maintain that the charity has reasonable grounds to continue operating as normal for the foreseeable future. No reserves policy target is stated in the document, and unrestricted funds stood at £98,223.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR PETER TOTTERDILLchair
• Alison Shorer
• David Snell
• Mark Neville-Smith
• Rosemary Exton

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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