THE WILTON HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 287144 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To preserve Wilton House, its contents, gardens and park for the public benefit in accordance with the Charitable Trust Deed creating Wilton House Trust, while continuing to maintain the house as a family home.To manage the Trust lands as an integral part of the Wilton Estate in accordance with the principles of good Estate management

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that an independent audit was conducted by Fletcher & Partners, who addressed risks of fraud and irregularities. The auditors confirmed their eligibility to act as statutory auditors under the Companies Act 2006 and issued their report to the trustees on 28 October 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Fletcher & Partners. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wilton House Trust — “My father, Henry, 17th Earl, initiated a major programme of restoration and improvements, a task which I am continuing to this day, funded b…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (85% 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: 8.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Henry Julian Nicholas Fitzalan Howard
• Henry William Lowson
• John Martin Robinson · trustee of 2 other charities
• WILLIAM GEORGE VERDON-SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST.

• WENTWORTH WOODHOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £7.1m
• CHISWICK HOUSE AND GARDENS TRUST income £3.2m
• WILTONS MUSIC HALL income £2.5m
• THE GODINTON HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.3m
• HILL CLOSE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED income £146k
• WHITTINGTON CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST income £223k

Side by side with its peers

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