LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 267999 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST, LAMPORT HALL TRUST

Promotes Historic and aesthetic education in particular it restores and preserves the Hall, its contents, gardens and parks. It makes these available to a wide range of sections of the community.

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£2.2m
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited show a net movement in funds of £831,936 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Significant non-cash items include depreciation of £1,242,029 and investment losses of £600,672. The entity maintains wholly owned subsidiaries, Lamport Farms Limited and Lamport Enterprises Limited, from which it receives rent, service charges, and gift aid.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Lamport Farms Limited: Rent received £60,000, Service charge received £1,250, Interest received £4,000, Gift aid received £56,690
“Lamport Farms Limited Rent received - £60,000 (2024: £130,000) Service charge received - £1,250 (2024: £1,250) Interest received - £4,000 (2024: £4,000) Gift aid received - £56,690 (2024: £94,714)”
“Lamport Enterprises Limited Rent received - £14,500 (2024: £13,500) Service charge received - £38,950 (2024: £21,500) Gift aid received - £Nil (2024: £46,267)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Lamport Enterprises Limited: Rent received £14,500, Service charge received £38,950, Gift aid received £Nil
“Lamport Farms Limited Rent received - £60,000 (2024: £130,000) Service charge received - £1,250 (2024: £1,250) Interest received - £4,000 (2024: £4,000) Gift aid received - £56,690 (2024: £94,714)”
“Lamport Enterprises Limited Rent received - £14,500 (2024: £13,500) Service charge received - £38,950 (2024: £21,500) Gift aid received - £Nil (2024: £46,267)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Trustee resignation
“(resigned 28 November 2025)” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

LAMPORT ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £223k
  • Profit before tax: £-110k
LAMPORT FARMS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £869k
  • Profit before tax: £-47k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £57k
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £967,150
“Gift aid paid (56,690)”

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£2.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (58% 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: 78.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.8m£2.2m
31/03/2024£1.7m£2.0m
31/03/2023£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.2m£1.1m

Common questions

Is LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited show a net movement in funds of £831,936 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Significant non-cash items include depreciation of £1,242,029 and investment losses of £600,672. The entity maintains wholly owned subsidiaries, Lamport Farms Limited and Lamport Enterprises Limited, from which it receives rent, service charges, and gift aid. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

Who funds LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BAND TRUST1£255k
MOYNITRUST1£30k
THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE BLYTH WATSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LAMBROOK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LAMPORT HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED£1.8m—0unclear—no doubt
LAMBROOK SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£17.2m——unclear—no doubt
BURTON AGNES HALL PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED FY2025£762k—0above—no doubt
THE SHARPHAM TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST FY2024£269k—0unclear—no doubt
LYTHAM TOWN TRUST LIMITED FY2025£194k—0within—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.