COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE CHARITY
Registered charity 1196705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Compton Verney is a nationally-accredited art gallery and historic, Capability Brown-designed park located in the heart of the South Midlands, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon. We present a wealth of opportunities for discovery and enjoyment in our galleries and landscape, and we passionately believe in sharing everything our rich, multi-faceted site has to offer.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity delivered a deficit of £270,292 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £547,100. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds of £2,296,952 were maintained within the stated policy target of £1.5m - £2m, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Donations and grants (45% of income)
“Group income came from three main income sources: 45% from donations and grants £1,812,551” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £1.5m - £2m (held: £2.3m)
“unrestricted general funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets of £1.5m - £2m should be maintained.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee donations to Benefactor scheme
“A number of Trustees have voluntarily contributed to the Benefactor scheme, total value £2,750 (2024; £2,325) and qualify for the same benefits as all Benefactors.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Compton Verney House Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- RIDDING, Jennifer Louise — director, appointed 24/02/2026on trustee list
- DONKOR, Kwesi Huw Kimathi, Dr — director, appointed 24/02/2026on trustee list
- ROSIER, Jane Louise — director, appointed 31/12/2024on trustee list
- RATNARAJA, Lara Anna - Marie Saraswathy — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
- HARTRIDGE, Caroline Louisa — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
- COLLINGE, Geraldine Alice — director, appointed 31/10/2022on trustee list
- ARMSTRONG, Mark Andrew — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
- RENFREW, Magnus Archibald, Honourable — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
- NDLOVU, Sipho Eric — director, appointed 01/07/2022on trustee list
- SLEIGHT, John Ross — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
- BUNT, Philip Alan — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
- EGAN, Penelope Jane — director, appointed 19/11/2021not on trustee list
- ROSE, Helen Claire — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
- SHEAFF, Jonathan Philip — director, appointed 19/11/2021on trustee list
- GUILDING, David — secretary, appointed 24/10/2024
Official officers record.
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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£572k
Reserves (reported)
£26.5m
Reported reserves equal ~64.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Penelope Jane Egan CBEchair
- Caroline Hartridge
- Dr Kwesi Huw Kimathi Donkor
- Geraldine Collinge
- Helen Rose
- Jane Louise Rosier
- Jennifer Louise Ridding
- John Ross Sleight
- Jonathan Sheaff
- Lara Anna-Marie Ratnaraja
- Magnus Renfrew
- Mark Armstrong
- PHILIP ALAN BUNT
- Sipho Ndlovu
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity delivered a deficit of £270,292 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £547,100. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted general funds of £2,296,952 were maintained within the stated policy target of £1.5m - £2m, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE CHARITY as a grant recipient include COMPTON VERNEY FUND, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART, THE BATCHWORTH TRUST, THE SAINTBURY TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMPTON VERNEY FUND.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.