STUART HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 1175842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STUART HOUSE, STUART HOUSE ARTS & HERITAGE CENTRE

Stuart House having been renovated to continue to maintain it and to run it as an Arts and Heritage Centre for the benefit of the community and to visitors and to acquire by way of gifts or purchase items of local interest for the Centre.

Objects

1. TO RENOVATE, PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS STUART HOUSE, LISKEARD. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN HISTORY, PARTICULAR THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF CORNWALL AND THE HISTORY OF STUART HOUSE, AND ADVANCE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE STUART HOUSE AS AN ARTS SAND HERITAGE CENTRE FOR SOUTH EAST CORNWALL.

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)

Received the assets of STUART HOUSE TRUST (charity 294384) — merger registered 26/03/2018.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust started the year with £8,464 and ended with £10,848, resulting in a net surplus of £2,383. The Trustees note that the organization needs to generate around £35,000 per year to stay afloat and relied on donations and legacies to survive potential fund shortages mid-year. The Trust holds total assets of £90,962 with no significant liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Café (53% of income)
“Café - Gross 22,966.83 less costs ~3,927.18 19,039.65”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 28
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 1% of the £35,850 total gross income on the same return

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

  • Volunteers: 27
  • Government income: £430 — grants £430 (1); 2% of the £25,078 total gross income on the same return

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.

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£36k£33k
31/12/2024£25k£36k
31/12/2023£30k£31k
31/12/2022£31k£32k
31/12/2021£30k£39k

Common questions

Is STUART HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust started the year with £8,464 and ended with £10,848, resulting in a net surplus of £2,383. The Trustees note that the organization needs to generate around £35,000 per year to stay afloat and relied on donations and legacies to survive potential fund shortages mid-year. The Trust holds total assets of £90,962 with no significant liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/11/2012£9k"A Civil War Birth"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/11/2009£6k"Liskeard Digital Heritage Trail Project"
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£1kSecurity
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/04/2005£25k"Liskeard Heritage Trails"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/03/2001£1k"The award will purchase improved furnishings and facilities for those using the house."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/12/1996£68k"Stuart House Restoration"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STROUD PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
STUART HOUSE TRUST£36k—0unclear—no doubt
STROUD PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025£36k—0above—no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——below—noted
STEWART VILLAGE HALL FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
THE STOWE HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025£515k—0above—no doubt
KENNAWAY HOUSE TRUST FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt

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