THE STONEBRIDGE TRUST

Registered charity 506970 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE THORESBY HALL AND PIERREPONT TRUST LIMITED, THORESBY GALLERY

The objects of the charity are to acquire, preserve and improve for the benefit of the public places of historical, archeological or architectural interest or of natural or cultivated beauty in Nottinghamshire and the provision of ready access to them by the public.

Objects

THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAELOGICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST OR OF NATURAL OR CULTIVATED BEAUTY IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND THE PROVISION OF READY ACCESS TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC.

Area of benefit: NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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

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Latest income
£322k
Latest spending
£279k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,843,836, which the trustees consider satisfactory and sufficient to cover the carrying value of the freehold property. The charity reported a profit of £25,911 for the year, having shifted to a rental income model to reduce volatility. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least equal to the carrying value of the freehold property at Thoresby (held: £4.8m)
“The trustees seek to maintain reserves at least equal to the carrying value of the freehold property at Thoresby” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Courtyard Trading Company Limited
“During the period, expenses of £41,301 (2024 - £47,500) were charged to the charity and expenses of £215,250 (2024 - £36,547) were recharged by the charity to the company. At 31 March 2025 the balance owed fram Courtyard Trading Company Limited is £693,160” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Courtyard Trading Company Limited
“The investment in subsidiary represents a 100% holding in Courtyard Trading Company Limited, a licenced restaurant premises” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP. Discloses 5 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£322k£279k
31/03/2024£323k£435k
31/03/2023£279k£330k
31/03/2022£267k£348k
31/03/2021£415k£579k

Common questions

Is THE STONEBRIDGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £4,843,836, which the trustees consider satisfactory and sufficient to cover the carrying value of the freehold property. The charity reported a profit of £25,911 for the year, having shifted to a rental income model to reduce volatility. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund19/12/2019£32k"Walled Garden Restoration Feasibility Study"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/10/2012£8k"Remembering Wartime Thoresby"