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THE KELMARSH TRUST

Registered charity 295154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KELMARSH HALL ESTATE PRESERVATION TRUST, KELMARSH HALL ESTATE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED · listed website unreachable when last crawled

Environment/ Conservation/ Heritage including education and access for the general public

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,079,857, generating a net incoming resource of £22,064 after expenditure of £1,057,794. Total net assets increased by £2,178,384 to £29,958,523, driven largely by a £2,170,000 revaluation gain on investment properties. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £284,182, which the Trustees consider meets their policy of holding between three and six months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“£70,001 - £80,000 1 -” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“The average number of employees during the year was 12 (2023: 11).” — page 33
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three and six months of the total expenditure on raising funds and essential charitable activities and governance costs (held: £284k)
“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not designated for specific purposes or invested in tangible fixed assets should be between three and six months of the total expenditure on raising funds and essential charitable activities and governance costs (“running costs”).” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Miss CV Lancaster's 1994 Charitable Trust
“Mr Charles Greville-Heygate, Mr James Lancaster and Mr Richard King are Trustees of Miss Lancaster’s 1994 Charitable Trust. At the balance sheet date the charity owes Miss Lancaster’s 1994 Charitable Trust £80,000 (2023: £80,000). There is no fixed date for repayment and amounts are repayable on demand.” — page 47
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kelmarsh (Events) Limited
“The Trust’s wholly owned subsidiary, Kelmarsh Events Limited, is a trading company which carries on the commercial activities of the Estate” — page 11
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mark J Rees LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

KELMARSH (EVENTS) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £85,508

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)

19 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (19 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£385k
Reserves (reported)
£228k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; 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£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.1m£850k

Common questions

Is THE KELMARSH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £1,079,857, generating a net incoming resource of £22,064 after expenditure of £1,057,794. Total net assets increased by £2,178,384 to £29,958,523, driven largely by a £2,170,000 revaluation gain on investment properties. The charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £284,182, which the Trustees consider meets their policy of holding between three and six months of running costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Mark J Rees LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE KELMARSH TRUST earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/06/2020£108k"COVID19 The Kelmarsh Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/12/2012£1.4m"Tunnelling through the past - Laundries and Learning: Life below stairs in a Country House, Northampton"
The National Lottery Community Fund26/04/2012£8kCelebrating Community
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/03/2011£50k"Kitchen Garden Walls"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/05/2002£43k"Kelmarsh Hall-Restoration of Vinery and Backsheds -"

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
M O CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.2m
ASHKELON FOUNDATION1£438k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£338k
CLARK FOUNDATION1£62k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, NORTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM1£12k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST1£4k
W F SOUTHALL TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KELMARSH TRUST£1.3m£70,001 - £80,0002within—no doubt
THE JOHN AND PAMELA SALTER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£125k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST FY2025£290k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CORNWALL HERITAGE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHARPHAM TRUST FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

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