POPE'S GROTTO PRESERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1162424 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity supports the restoration, conservation and maintenance of Alexander Pope's grotto in Twickenham, promotes interest in and knowledge of the grotto and its significance in local and national history, and raises funds towards the cost of restoration and conservation work.

Objects

SUPPORT THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALEXANDER POPE'S GROTTO IN TWICKENHAM;PROMOTE INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROTTO AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY; RAISE FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

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: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£16k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2015

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Policies the charity declares

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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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 15

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£16k£12k
31/12/2024£12k£18k
31/12/2023£165k£184k
31/12/2022£119k£162k
31/12/2021£19k£35k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2022£21kPope's Villa, Cross Deep, Twickenham
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/09/2019£247k"The Genius of the Place: Restoring Alexander Pope's Grotto at Twickenham"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/03/2017£17k"Discovering Alexander Pope's Grotto: the pilot project"