HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY

Registered charity 1149240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation, maintenance and upkeep (of the mansion house known as Belmont House) for the benefit of the public of property of historic architectural or artistic importance or beauty and the making of the same available for the education, enjoyment and benefit of the public.

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Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased by £2,293,443 to £53,622,308, driven by significant investment gains, despite a net operating deficit before investment gains of £41,583. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with free reserves of £1,237,200, which exceeds their stated minimum policy target of £500,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months' worth of operating costs, currently around £500,000 (held: £1.2m)

“The Trustees consider a balance equivalent to 6 months’ worth of operating costs for the Charity is the minimum balance to hold in reserves, this figure is currently around £500,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Chavereys Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

20 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (20 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£716k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (51% 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: 43.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew John Shirley Ross
Dominic Michael Del Mar · trustee of 1 other charity
John Stainton
LORD ALASTAIR CAMPBELL COLGRAIN
Nick Baveystock
Vicki Jessel
jonathan neame

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/03/2023	£2.0m	£1.8m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's net assets increased by £2,293,443 to £53,622,308, driven by significant investment gains, despite a net operating deficit before investment gains of £41,583. The trustees report that the charity remains in a strong financial position with free reserves of £1,237,200, which exceeds their stated minimum policy target of £500,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chavereys Audit Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	1	£4k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£3k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£600
THE KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£230

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Historic Suffolk.

Historic Suffolk income £251k
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED income £6.0m
Country Houses Foundation income £850k
MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST income £159k
BALCARRES HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED income £261k
SHERBORNE HOUSE TRUST 2018 income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HARRIS (BELMONT) CHARITY	£1.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Historic Suffolk FY2024	£251k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£6.0m	—	—	below	—	noted
Country Houses Foundation FY2025	£850k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MOTHECOMBE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£159k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BALCARRES HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£261k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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