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THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1178403 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. To preserve and conserve for the public benefit Ramsbury Manor, its gardens and surrounding estate and contents being of artistic, historical, architectural or constructional merit2.To advance the arts or education in particular by preserving and making available Ramsbury Manor and its contents to the public for their academic study, educational purposes and appreciation

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Latest income
£5.4m
Latest spending
£4.4m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is wholly funded by The Capricorn Foundation, which covers all agreed running costs and capital projects. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves totaling £223,208,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no identified material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient undesignated reserves... to meet day to day expenditure requirements (held: £223.2m)
“The Trustees' policy is to hold sufficient undesignated reserves, primarily in the form of cash at bank, to meet day to day expenditure requirements, topped up periodically by donations from The Capricorn Foundation.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Fees payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.
“During the year, fees of £19,114 (2024: £26,174) were payable to a firm of solicitors for professional and administration services, a firm for which a Trustee acts as a consultant.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£5.4m
Total spending
£4.4m
Reserves (reported)
£223.2m
Employees
14

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£5.4m£4.4m
05/04/2024£4.8m£3.8m
05/04/2023£3.8m£3.2m
05/04/2022£3.2m£2.6m
05/04/2021£5.3m£2.4m

Common questions

Is THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is wholly funded by The Capricorn Foundation, which covers all agreed running costs and capital projects. The trustees report adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves totaling £223,208,000. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no identified material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Who funds THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATIONFY2025£5.2mSupport of The Ramsbury Manor Foundation
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATIONFY2024£4.7mSupport of The Ramsbury Manor Foundation
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATIONFY2023£4.0mSupport of The Ramsbury Manor Foundation (Note 7)
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATIONFY2022£3.0mSupport of The Ramsbury Manor Foundation

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£119k
THE WOODLAND TRUST1£50k
ALTAJIR TRUST1£20k
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION1£10k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND1£3k
THE MCCORQUODALE CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK1£253

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RAMSBURY MANOR FOUNDATION£5.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAPRICORN FOUNDATION FY2025£5.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE PEGGY RAMSAY FOUNDATION FY2024£497k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BLENHEIM FOUNDATION FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED FY2025£3.0m——above—no doubt
THE RUMI FOUNDATION FY2025£8.0m—0above—no doubt

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