THE CHARLESTON TRUST (BLOOMSBURY IN SUSSEX)

Registered charity 1107313 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CHARLESTON TRUST (BLOOOMSBURY IN SUSSEX)

Charleston is a house, garden and art gallery situated in the South Downs National Park. It was the home of twentieth century artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, who were key members of the Bloomsbury group. Charleston has a shop and cafe and is available for venue hire. It is open all year.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a deficit of £242,538 for the year ended 31 December 2024, following a deficit of £787,082 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the organisation holds £116,131 in free unrestricted reserves, which is significantly below the stated policy target of £764,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (56% 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: 26.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Price · trustee of 1 other charity
• Edward Davey · trustee of 2 other charities
• Harriet Patterson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Katy Hessel
• Kim Walker
• PAUL TAIANO · trustee of 1 other charity
• PIPPA HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Piers Sanders
• Rachel Chang
• Rohan Jerath
• Sarah Owen

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BLAKE COTTAGE TRUST.

• THE BLAKE COTTAGE TRUST income £178k
• THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST income £194k
• SOUTH OF ENGLAND FOUNDATION income £7.2m
• CHISWICK HOUSE AND GARDENS TRUST income £3.2m
• BLOOMSBURY CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH income £502k
• BOURNE ARTS AND COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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