THE BATH PRESERVATION TRUST LTD

Registered charity 203048 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To encourage and support the conservation, evolution and enhancement of Bath and its environs within a framework appropriate to both its historic setting and its sustainable future; and to provide educational resources that focus on the architectural and historic importance of the City.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £640,270 to £4,324,710, with unrestricted free reserves standing at £557,946. The trustees note that the current level of unrestricted funds at some connected trusts may not be sufficient to meet all future maintenance requirements, highlighting a need for capital investment. Despite a decrease in total funds, the trustees confirm the organization has sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,060 - £69,999 (FY2024) to £60,000 - £69,999 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Eve Coulter Salomon CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Annabel Sarah Thomas MacGregor
• Donna Speed-Grenfell
• Douglas Alexander John Creed · trustee of 2 other charities
• Geoffrey John Rich
• Julian Gooding
• Kate Arthurs
• Peta Compton Hall
• Professor Elena Marco-Burguete
• Richard Nicholas Tredwin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shawn Ezri Naphtali Sobers

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• THE BOSTON PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £704k
• WORLD MONUMENTS FUND BRITAIN LIMITED income £3.0m
• THE BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST income £304k
• BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST income £2.6m
• CHURCH STREET CHARITABLE TRUST income £291k
• RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD income £2.2m

Side by side with its peers

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