THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST

Registered charity 279756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CRAFT EDUCATION, DARTINGTON ARTS, DARTINGTON INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL, HIGH CROSS HOUSE, POLICY RESEARCH BUREAU, RESEARCH IN PRACTICE

Latest income

£12.9m

Latest spending

£19.7m

Registered

1980

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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

Total income

£12.9m

Total spending

£19.7m

Reserves (reported)

£28.5m

Employees

214

Reported reserves equal ~17.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

David Julian Buchler
David Kempton
Georgina Allen
James Gaisford · trustee of 1 other charity
Syra Emily Sowe

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£12.9m	£19.7m
31/08/2023	£13.8m	£18.4m
31/08/2022	£15.0m	£19.5m
31/08/2021	£12.3m	£13.8m
31/08/2020	£20.1m	£24.3m

Common questions

Who funds THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DARTINGTON HALL TRUST as a grant recipient include SCHUMACHER COLLEGE FOUNDATION, THE HOWE GREEN TRUST, THE SEGELMAN TRUST, THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION, THE AURORA TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
SCHUMACHER COLLEGE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£787k
THE HOWE GREEN TRUST	FY2024	£100k
THE HOWE GREEN TRUST	FY2025	£81k
THE SEGELMAN TRUST	FY2023	£30k
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k
THE AURORA TRUST	FY2025	£20k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£7k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE JOHN S COHEN FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2k
THE ELMGRANT TRUST	FY2023	£2k
GERALD FINZI TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION	FY2023	£0

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	02/06/2015	£689k	"Heritage Revealed: Accessing DartingtonÂ’s Historic Landscape"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/12/2010	£26k	"TAGORE 150 EXHIBITION"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	22/07/2004	£49k	"Dartington Hall Trust Conservation Volunteer Group"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/11/2002	£50k	"Sorting and Cataloguing the Dartington Hall Trust Archive"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	23/02/2000	£28k	"Dartington Hall Estate - Restoration Plan"