THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY

Registered charity 205846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL TRUST, NATIONAL TRUST CYMRU, THE NATIONAL TRUST

Latest income
£766.2m
Latest spending
£824.4m
Registered
1962

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£766.2m
Total spending
£824.4m
Cost of raising funds
£75.3m
Reserves (reported)
£1637.6m
Employees
8,746

Reported reserves equal ~23.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£766.2m£824.4m
29/02/2024£723.8m£767.7m
28/02/2023£671.1m£733.3m
28/02/2022£643.3m£591.9m
28/02/2021£507.7m£514.5m

Common questions

Who funds THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY as a grant recipient include THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NOSTELL TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£1.5m
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£836k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£250k
JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£142k
THE NOSTELL TRUSTFY2023£130k
THE NOSTELL TRUSTFY2024£122k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE NOSTELL TRUSTFY2025£95k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£60k
Richard Oatley Trust Number TwoFY2024£50k
MISSION INDIAFY2023£50k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£48k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£38k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£36k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE LIDBURY FAMILY TRUSTFY2025£24k
THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2024£16k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£12k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ICTHIUS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY UK (UK)FY2023£10k
JOHN & HILARY PRITCHARD TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE JOYCE LOMAX BULLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9k
THE ADA HILLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£8k
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£8k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7k
BROWNSEA OPEN AIR THEATRE LIMITEDFY2022£6k
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£6k
THE JOYCE LOMAX BULLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
BOURNE FREEFY2022£5k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
LANGDALE TRUSTFY2025£4k
WILLIAM AND EDITH OLDHAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2024£2k
LANGDALE TRUSTFY2022£2k
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2023£2k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2023£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE AYLSHAM AGRICULTURAL SHOW ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2023£500
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2024£500

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund24/06/2026£993k"#LC Shropshire Hills Landscape Connections"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/04/2026£205k"Explore Mottistone: A Gateway to the Isle of Wight’s Coastal Heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/12/2025£1.1m"#LC Mourne Gullion Landscape Connections"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/10/2025£43k"#COED6 Glan Faenol : Ymestyn Gwreiddiau - Spreading Roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/09/2025£245k"Midlands Nature Accelerator Project"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund10/09/2025£157k"The Nature & Nurture Hub: Arlington"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/06/2025£282k"Reconnecting Scotney"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/04/2025£292k"NT Project 2025"
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£1.1mRegular Grant 2025
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/01/2025£239k"Keys to the Castle – Unlocking Bodiam’s Past, Present and Future"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/09/2024£237k"Reconnecting the Rooms"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/06/2024£26k"#Coed2 Adfer Coetir Hynafol Ysbyty (ACHY) / Ysbyty Ancient Woodland Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/06/2024£40k"#Coed2 Colby Ancient Woodland Enhancement"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/01/2024£95k"The City's Mill: Saving 1000 years of Milling History"
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.0mRegular Grant 2024
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/08/2023£37k"#Coed2 Dolaucothi Celtic Rainforest Restoration"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund14/03/2023£4.7m"Future Saltram"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/02/2023£50k"#NNF2 Prosiect Uwch Conwy"
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£1.1mRegular Grant 2023
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/11/2022£37k"#Coed2 Stackpole Woodland Enhancements"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2022£348k"#FPA Urban green North"
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£1.0mRegular Grant 2022
The National Lottery Heritage Fund12/01/2022£199k"Wanstone Rediscovered: Bringing Back the Big Guns"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/04/2021£100k"Transforming Lancashire Mills"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund03/08/2020£249k"COVID19 National Trust"