GERALD ARTHUR ROLPH FOUNDATION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND EDUCATION

Registered charity 517743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALLERTON CASTLE

To utilise the facilities of Allerton Park to create sufficient resources for it's maintenance and to promote and encourage access to and the study and appreciation of Allerton Park, it's contents and surroundings by students and general public.

Objects

(1) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR GROUNDS AND SURROUNDING PARKLAND KWOWN AS ALLERTON PARK NORTH YORKSHIRE AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE TRUSTEES; (II) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF FURNITURE AND PICTURES AND CHATTELS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ORDINARY KEPT OR INTENDED TO BE KEPT AT ALLERTON PARK AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE TRUSTEES OR LOANED TO THE TRUSTEES; (III) THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE CHAPEL AT ALLERTON PARK FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE PRACTICE OF WORSHIP; (IV) THE PROVISION AT ALLERTON PARK OR SUCH PART OF IT AS SHALL BE APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE CONDTIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE SAME ARE INTENDED OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; (V) THE FACILITATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF ALLERTON PARK AND THE USE OF SUCH CHATTELS AS AFORESAID FOR CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,991,375, providing a substantial financial buffer relative to its annual net income of £2,838. The accounts were independently examined with no material issues reported, and the trustees confirmed adequate systems for risk management and cost efficiency.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLONEL DONALD LEE ROLPHchair
• David d'Arcy Thompson
• JOHN B WRIGHT
• MARK CHRISTOPHER ROLPH
• MARK OGLESBY
• Michael Loring Rolph

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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• THE IHR TRUST income £195k
• GORSLEY GOFFS PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER AND FRIENDS ASSOCIATION - PTFA income £26k
• MOOR POOL HERITAGE TRUST income £164k
• GEORGE FULFORD AND ANN BURRARD income £33k
• LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST income £222k
• THE ALLERTON RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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