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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

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

Objects

THE GENERAL OBJECT OF THE TRUST IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF HISTORIC AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THAT GENERAL OBJECT THE PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE IN PARTICULAR:- (A) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION MONUMENTS BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL OR ARTISTIC INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE ANDTO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. (B) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND AS AN ADJUNCT TO ANY SUCH BUILDINGS AS AFORESAID FURNITURE PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST. (C) TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO AND THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF SUCH BUILDINGS (AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS) FURNITURE PICTURES AND CHATTELS AS AFORESAID BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: KELMARSH

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £33,838,048, driven largely by a £3.81 million revaluation gain on investment properties. The charity reports a net income of £38,471 from operations, with unrestricted reserves of £227,575, which the Trustees consider to meet their policy of holding three to six months of running costs. The audit confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and identify no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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)
“£60,001 - £70,000 1 - £70,001 - £80,000 - 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“£60,001 - £70,000 1 - £70,001 - £80,000 - 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £228k)
“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 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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 titles in 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).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 28.8% of total income — in the top quarter 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£1.3m£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 FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £33,838,048, driven largely by a £3.81 million revaluation gain on investment properties. The charity reports a net income of £38,471 from operations, with unrestricted reserves of £227,575, which the Trustees consider to meet their policy of holding three to six months of running costs. The audit confirms the financial statements give a true and fair view and identify no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mark J Rees LLP.

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

Per its FY2025 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£341k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, NORTHFIELD BIRMINGHAM1£12k
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST1£6k
LONDON CATALYST1£5k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£1k

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
DALMAR HERITAGE AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT FY2025£146k—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

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