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CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST

Registered charity 511149 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Opening the House and gardens and part at Chatsworth every day from mid March to Christmas.Holding various events and exhibitions.Offering educational programmes for school visits and self-led activities. Holding an annual Country Fair.Holding international horse trials and other sporting events. Allowing use of grounds and buildings for other charity activities.

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Latest income
£19.4m
Latest spending
£17.4m
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £36,988,000, with free reserves rising to £12,202,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £1,959,000 from activities and confirmed it has sufficient funds to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £180,001 - £190,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“In the band £180,001 - £190,000” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 6
“There were six staff members earning more than £60,000 per year”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Admissions (69% of income)
“The admissions income accounted for 69% (2023/24: 71%) of the charity’s total incoming resources in 2024/25.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Crocus.co.uk Limited
“During the year Crocus supplied plants at a market value of £7,772” — page 61
“The fees for the period are £49,091” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Currey & Co LLP
“During the year Crocus supplied plants at a market value of £7,772” — page 61
“The fees for the period are £49,091” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £7.6m
“Present value of unfunded obligations 7,587”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Chatsworth House Enterprises Limited
“Chatsworth House Trust has one subsidiary, Chatsworth House Enterprises Limited.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shorts Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

CHATSWORTH HOUSE ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £1,400,509

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £277k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£19.4m
Total spending
£17.4m
Cost of raising funds
£2.2m
Reserves (reported)
£36.1m
Employees
170

Reported reserves equal ~24.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% 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: 11.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£19.4m£17.4m
31/03/2024£19.4m£17.7m
31/03/2023£17.4m£15.8m
31/03/2022£13.9m£11.5m
31/03/2021£7.4m£10.1m

Common questions

Is CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets increased to £36,988,000, with free reserves rising to £12,202,000. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £1,959,000 from activities and confirmed it has sufficient funds to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Shorts Chartered Accountants.

What does the highest-paid employee of CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £180,001 - £190,000 band, and 6 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST as a grant recipient include DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE IDLEWILD TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£84k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£34kTwo individual donations totalling £34,210
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE IDLEWILD TRUSTFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/03/2023£5.0m"Celebrating the Cascade at Chatsworth"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/03/2016£80k"The Game Larder: a landscape heritage interpretation project"

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
KUSUMA TRUST UK2£844k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION2£508k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST1£2.5m
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.0m
THE LINBURY TRUST1£250k
THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£240k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION1£200k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£137k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FULHAM PALACE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST£19.4m£180,001 - £190,0006above—no doubt
FULHAM PALACE TRUST FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
CHISWICK HOUSE AND GARDENS TRUST FY2025£3.2m——unclear—no doubt
PEMBROKE CASTLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THE WORDSWORTH TRUST FY2025£2.2m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£6.0m——below—noted

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