BURGH HOUSE CIO

Registered charity 1159634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Burgh House is a cultural and community centre whose main activities are concerts; exhibitions by local artists and lectures; meetings of local groups, and the Hampstead Museum. It is open to the general public free of charge.The principal purposes of the CIO are to preserve Burgh House and its contents, and to protect and improve its amenities for the public benefit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(1) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE BUILDING KNOWN AS BURGH HOUSE AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE CIO OR IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE CIO SHALL HAVE ANY INTEREST;(2) TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF BURGH HOUSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(3) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS AN ADJUNCT TO BURGH HOUSE FURNITURE, PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS ORDINARILY KEPT THEREAT OR WHICH MAY BE GIVEN OR LOANED TO THE CIO AND WHICH THE TRUSTEES SHALL CONSIDER TO BE APPROPRIATE TO BE KEPT AT BURGH HOUSE;(4) TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE ACCESS TO AND STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF BURGH HOUSE AND HAMPSTEAD AND SUCH FURNITURE, PICTURES AND CHATTELS AS AFORESAID BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC;(5) TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF BURGH HOUSE AND THE USE OF SUCH CHATTELS AS AFORESAID FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£491k
Latest spending
£485k
Registered
2014

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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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 28/02/2024, 28 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/02/2023, 3 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 17/03/2022, 45 days after the 31/01/2022 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 (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£491k£485k
31/03/2024£406k£574k
31/03/2023£337k£474k
31/03/2022£391k£293k
31/03/2021£183k£166k

Common questions

Who funds BURGH HOUSE CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BURGH HOUSE CIO as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2022£60kNot specified
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2021£60k