THE BELSAY TRUST

Registered charity 1149510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the company are farming and the renting out of property comprising the estate in order to generate income to maintain, preserve, restore, improve and develop those parts of the Belsay Estate in Northumberland which are of historical or architectural interest or of natural beauty, whether on their own or as a setting for Belsay Castle and Belsay Hall.

Objects

(1) AS A PRIMARY OBJECT, TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY COMPRISING THOSE PARTS OF THE BELSAY ESTATE IN NORTHUMBERLAND ("THE ESTATE") WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY, WHETHER ON THEIR OWN OR AS A SETTING FOR BELSAY CASTLE AND BELSAY HALL (OR EITHER ONE OF THEM); AND (2) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £72,769 from total income of £462,691 against costs of £389,922. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,195,968, which the Trustees consider to be at an appropriate level to finance continuing investment and provide sufficient liquidity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/01/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGUS EDWARD COLLINGWOOD-CAMERON BSC MRICS
• Marcus Peter Perrin Stewart
• SIMON ROGER KIRKUP · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northumberland

Income and spending

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