The Attingham Trust for the Study of Historic Houses and Collections in Britain.

Registered charity 1210957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ATTINGHAM TRUST FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORIC HOUSES AND COLLECTIONS IN BRITAIN

The Charity runs a programme of intensive residential courses each year, giving attendees a chance to study selected historical houses and collections on specially arranged visits accompanied by specialist tutors and lecturers.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND THE DECORATIVE ARTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £821,143 for the year, driven by charitable activities and significant investment gains. The trustees consider the general fund of £250,000 to be sufficient free reserves, exceeding their stated policy target of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total funds of £4,590,579, primarily held in listed investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE ATTINGHAM TRUST FOR THE STUDY OF HISTORIC HOUSES AND COLLECTIONS IN BRITAIN (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Timothy John Cooke OBEchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• ADRIAN DAVID SASSOON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dounia Nadar · trustee of 2 other charities
• Julie Mae Biddlecombe-Brown
• Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard
• Sir Robert Henry Thoroton Hildyard · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wolf Ferdinand Eike Burchard

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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