ARUNDEL CASTLE TRUSTEES LIMITED

Registered charity 271833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity preserves the buildings, grounds and chattels of Arundel Castle for public benefit to whom it gives access for a minimum of 100 days per annum. To maximise the public enjoyment and education by refurbishing and improving displays and the condition of artefacts, supported by hosting special events such as jousting, civil war re-enactments and other events in keeping with its history.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The document discloses various income and expenditure figures for the year ending 2024-12-31, including unrestricted funds and restricted funds. No specific reserves policy target or free/unrestricted reserves figure is explicitly stated in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £290k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

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: Charitable activities (71% 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: 20.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE DUKE OF NORFOLKchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHARLES TORQUIL DE MONTALT FRASER
• Edward Perks
• Hugh Coghill
• John Martin Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lord Henry Fitzalan-Howard

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BURGHLEY HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED income £17.7m
• THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS WITH TORTINGTON, ARUNDEL income £242k
• PEMBROKE CASTLE TRUST income £1.5m
• LEEDS CASTLE FOUNDATION income £12.7m
• CASTLE PARK TRUST income £164k
• ARUNDEL AND DOWNLAND COMMUNITY LEISURE TRUST income £541k

Side by side with its peers

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