YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 504302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as INGS PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED

The charitable company's policy is to acquire, renovate and maintain property of historical, architectural or constructional interest in the County of North Yorkshire in accordance with its objects.The charity does not generally award grants to third parties.

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Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £30.3m. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a robust reserves policy and designated funds for conservation works.

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)

“During the year, one employee earned between £70,000 and £79,999” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“During the year, one employee earned between £70,000 and £79,999 (2024: none) and no employee earned between £60,000 and £69,999 (2024: one).” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

James Morrell — Chair of Trustees (source)
Guy Bowyer — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

University of York — “Most recently, the University and Trust have co-funded the appointment of a professional conservation surveyor to lead a team of students on…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

52 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (52 freehold); recorded price paid £2.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£2.6m

Cost of raising funds

£82k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

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, cost of raising funds: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Euphemia Gawthorp
Dr CHARLES HEDLEY ESDON BUTLER
JAMES ROBERT MORRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
JEREMY SPENCE MORRELL
James Edward Naish
James Roderick Jocelyn Grierson · trustee of 3 other charities
MARGARET ANNE MORRELL · trustee of 1 other charity
MS VANESSA RACHEL MORRELL BUTLER
OLIVIA HOLDEN MORRELL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.4m	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£2.5m	£3.5m
31/03/2023	£4.4m	£2.7m
31/03/2022	£2.3m	£1.9m
31/03/2021	£2.1m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1.7m for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted funds of £30.3m. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by a robust reserves policy and designated funds for conservation works. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FIRST IPC PRESBYTERY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM	1	£47k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£30k
THE PILGRIM TRUST	1	£10k
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£6k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, SEVENOAKS	1	£2k
THE HAROLD AND ALICE BRIDGES CHARITY	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORKSHIRE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TRUST.

YORKSHIRE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
YORK CIVIC TRUST income £500k
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST income £1.1m
CPRE North and East Yorkshire income £302k
YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LIMITED income £11.6m
TRINITY CHURCH YORK income £324k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YORK CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED	£4.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YORKSHIRE PROPERTY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORK CIVIC TRUST FY2025	£500k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTH CRAVEN BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CPRE North and East Yorkshire FY2025	£302k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST FOR EXCAVATION AND RESEARCH LIMITED FY2025	£11.6m	£160,001 - £170,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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