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STANSTED PARK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1101251 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Stansted Park Foundation is a landed charitable Trust which owns and administers the Stansted Park Estate in West Sussex.

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Latest income
£2.3m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves held at the balance sheet date were £1,083,282, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of at least £300,000 for minimum unrestricted reserves (excluding fixed assets and investments). The charity reports a manageable financial position with total net assets of £101,696,160, supported by significant endowment funds and investment property holdings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £300,000 (held: £1.1m)
“It is also a policy of the Trustees that the minimum unrestricted reserves held (excluding fixed assets and investments) is at least £300,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent, electric, service recharges to trustee Aleramo Lanza
“During the year, the Foundation charged Aleramo Lanza, a trustee, rent of £25,998 (2024 - £16,598), electric recharges of £2,163 (2024 - £1,672) and service recharges of £1,101 (2024 - £684). Included in Trade debtors is £0 (2024 - £897) owed by A Lanza.” — page 28
“During the year, the Foundation charged Mrs Caroline Daniel, a trustee, rent of £23,310 (2024 - £22,940), service recharges of £170 (2024 - £155) and water recharges of £160 (2024 - £160).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent, service, water recharges to trustee Mrs Caroline Daniel
“During the year, the Foundation charged Aleramo Lanza, a trustee, rent of £25,998 (2024 - £16,598), electric recharges of £2,163 (2024 - £1,672) and service recharges of £1,101 (2024 - £684). Included in Trade debtors is £0 (2024 - £897) owed by A Lanza.” — page 28
“During the year, the Foundation charged Mrs Caroline Daniel, a trustee, rent of £23,310 (2024 - £22,940), service recharges of £170 (2024 - £155) and water recharges of £160 (2024 - £160).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Timber sales to trustee Mr Yanni Petsopoulos
“During the year, the Foundation charged Aleramo Lanza, a trustee, rent of £25,998 (2024 - £16,598), electric recharges of £2,163 (2024 - £1,672) and service recharges of £1,101 (2024 - £684). Included in Trade debtors is £0 (2024 - £897) owed by A Lanza.” — page 28
“During the year, the Foundation charged Mrs Caroline Daniel, a trustee, rent of £23,310 (2024 - £22,940), service recharges of £170 (2024 - £155) and water recharges of £160 (2024 - £160).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent and purchases from Broadreed Limited (directors are Earl and Countess of Bessborough)
“During the year, the Foundation charged Aleramo Lanza, a trustee, rent of £25,998 (2024 - £16,598), electric recharges of £2,163 (2024 - £1,672) and service recharges of £1,101 (2024 - £684). Included in Trade debtors is £0 (2024 - £897) owed by A Lanza.” — page 28
“During the year, the Foundation charged Mrs Caroline Daniel, a trustee, rent of £23,310 (2024 - £22,940), service recharges of £170 (2024 - £155) and water recharges of £160 (2024 - £160).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent and recharges from Sam and Fred's Fine Food Company Ltd (trustee Viscount Duncannon is shareholder)
“During the year, the Foundation charged Aleramo Lanza, a trustee, rent of £25,998 (2024 - £16,598), electric recharges of £2,163 (2024 - £1,672) and service recharges of £1,101 (2024 - £684). Included in Trade debtors is £0 (2024 - £897) owed by A Lanza.” — page 28
“During the year, the Foundation charged Mrs Caroline Daniel, a trustee, rent of £23,310 (2024 - £22,940), service recharges of £170 (2024 - £155) and water recharges of £160 (2024 - £160).” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Stansted Park Events Limited
“The Charity owns two subsidiary companies: Stansted Park Events Limited is a trading company and Stansted Park Limited is dormant.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£2.3m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£660k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (65% 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: 28.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£2.3m£2.0m
31/12/2024£2.0m£1.8m
31/12/2023£1.9m£1.7m
31/12/2022£1.7m£1.5m
31/12/2021£1.5m£1.4m

Common questions

Is STANSTED PARK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves held at the balance sheet date were £1,083,282, which is below the Trustees' stated policy target of at least £300,000 for minimum unrestricted reserves (excluding fixed assets and investments). The charity reports a manageable financial position with total net assets of £101,696,160, supported by significant endowment funds and investment property holdings. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2024£3kGCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTS
UK government01/04/2023£4kGCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCT
UK government01/04/2023£19kTHP2-2223-STANSTED-54
UK government01/04/2023£71kGCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2014£241k"Restoration of the Chapel of St Paul"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£205k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
GRANTSCAPE1£32k
THE DERBYSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST LIMITED1£25k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£20k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED1£9k
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION1£6k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WEST FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STANSTED PARK FOUNDATION£2.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE WEST FOUNDATION FY2025£77k—0above—no doubt
STEVENS PARK FY2025£106k—0below—no doubt
THE PARHAM PARK TRUST (1984) FY2025£983k—0above—no doubt
THE MARY STEVENS PARK FY2025£413k—0below—no doubt
The Parks Foundation FY2025£535k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.