THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES TRUST

Registered charity 1187839 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The National Archives Trust seeks to further public education and engagement with records held at The National Archives and other archives.

Objects

3.1 The objects of the CIO are to advance the education of the public and to advance heritage, including conservation and preservation: 3.1.1 in and through the public records held under the supervision of the Keeper of Public Records and the manuscripts, records and archives overseen by the Historical Manuscripts Commissioner; and 3.1.2 in and through projects which advance public understanding of the archive sector and use of archival heritage.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a net income of £315,259 for the year, driven by unrestricted reserves growing to £112,522. The Trustees consider the going concern basis appropriate, citing adequate resources and collaboration with The National Archives to secure future income. The charity operates with no staff in employment as of the year-end, having outsourced functions, and maintains unrestricted reserves that exceed its stated policy target of three months of operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2025) → 0 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marc Andre Lorin Polonskychair
• Peter John Stewart
• Shailesh Ramniklal Solanki · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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• THE NATIONAL GALLERY TRUST income £8.4m
• INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL TRUSTS ORGANISATION income £1.1m
• THE SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ARCHIVE TRUST income £79k
• DORSET ARCHIVES TRUST income £55k
• HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES TRUST income £284k
• THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £25k

Side by side with its peers

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