PENGERSICK HISTORIC & EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1143625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NONE

Advancement of heritage by preserving of Pengersick Castle for the public benefit, maintaining and enhancing The Castle its associated buildings, historic contents and surrounding grounds. Providing for the education of the public in the historic heritage of The Castle: restoring the gardens; and extending by purchasing adjoining buildings and/or land formerly part of The Castle.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HERITAGE BY THE PRESERVATION OF PENGERSICK CASTLE, PRAA SANDS, PENZANCE, CORNWALL ('THE CASTLE') AND ITS SURROUNDING GROUNDS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) CONTRIBUTING TO OR MEETING IN FULL THE COST OF PRESERVING, MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING THE CASTLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS, ITS HISTORIC CONTENTS AND THE SURROUNDING GROUNDS, INCLUDING ANY FUTURE ACQUISITIONS UNDERTAKEN TO FACILITATE OR FURTHER THE OBJECTS; AND1.2 TO PROVIDE FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING CHILDREN VISITING THE CASTLE, IN THE HISTORIC HERITAGE OF THE CASTLE; IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION): -1.2.1 TO RESTORE FOR SUCH PURPOSES THE GARDENS WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THE CASTLE; AND1.2.2 TO EXTEND THESE GROUNDS BY PURCHASING ADJOINING BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FORMERLY PART OF THE CASTLE.

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

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Registered contact address: Cornwall, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £59,724 for the period, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £939,261. The trustees' report indicates that income from weddings and private events supported ongoing maintenance, and the charity holds a minimum of one year's basic running costs in reserves. There are no disclosed liabilities or material uncertainties affecting the charity's financial position.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2024 (received 04/02/2026, 341 days after the 28/02/2025 due date); year ending 30/04/2023 (received 04/02/2026, 706 days after the 29/02/2024 due date); year ending 30/04/2022 (received 03/02/2026, 1071 days after the 28/02/2023 due date); year ending 30/04/2021 (received 02/12/2025, 1373 days after the 28/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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 (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR J P HODGETTSchair
• MR S M TUCKER

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

Operates in: Cornwall

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Charities like this

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

• THE PICTON CASTLE TRUST income £557k
• ARUNDEL CASTLE TRUSTEES LIMITED income £5.9m
• POCKLINGTON DISTRICT HERITAGE TRUST income £42k
• PEMBROKE CASTLE TRUST income £1.5m
• PADDLE STEAMER KINGSWEAR CASTLE TRUST LIMITED income £64k
• THE HISTORIC TOWNS TRUST income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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