HAREWOOD HOUSE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 517753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Preserving, for the public benefit, Harewood House, its grounds and collections. Promoting the study and appreciation of Harewood as a place of historic and cultural interest and natural beauty, including through events and exhibitions. Providing facilities for recreation, leisure and educational activities. Seeking sponsorship and undertaking fundraising activities to support the charity's work.

Objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE MANSION HOUSE KNOWN AS HAREWOOD HOUSE IN YORKSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS, GARDENS, ARBORETA, WOODLANDS AND PARK OR SUCH PARTS THEREOF AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE HELD BY THE COMPANY, AND TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF HAREWOOD AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND NATURAL BEAUTY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3A OF THE MEMORANDUM.)

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.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a consolidated surplus of £484,713 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total net assets increasing to £18,438,112. However, the trustees report that free unrestricted reserves were £nil, noting that the unrestricted endowment fund of over £10 million could only be realised by disposing of heritage assets. The trustees consider the charity has adequate resources to fund operations for the foreseeable future, supported by the ability to draw down on the Endowment Fund to bridge operational funding gaps.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: HAREWOOD HOUSE TRADING LIMITED Companies House 01986016
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02004021

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rachel Crewes — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Lady Emily Shard — Chair of the Board of Trustees (source)
• Michael Bates — Chair of the Board of Directors (source)
• Kath Knight — Deputy CEO (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.

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.

• AHMAD, Arif — director, appointed 19/09/2022on trustee list
• BATES, Michael Gordon — director, appointed 06/07/2021not on trustee list
• POOVAYA-SMITH OBE, Nima, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2018not on trustee list
• MAPPLEBECK, Rachel Claire — director, appointed 01/12/2018on trustee list
• NIXON MBE, Andrea Mary — director, appointed 01/12/2018not on trustee list
• BURTON, Jeremy John — director, appointed 18/07/2015not on trustee list
• SHARD, Emily Tsering, Lady — director, appointed 21/07/2012on trustee list
• BLAZWICK, Iwona Maria — director, appointed 21/07/2012not on trustee list
• LASCELLES, Diane Jane, Countess Of Harewood — director, appointed 16/01/1992on trustee list
• LASCELLES, David Henry George, Earl Of Harewood — directoron trustee list
• CREWES, Rachel — secretary, appointed 01/09/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (36% 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: 66.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• LADY EMILY TSERING SHARDchair
• Andrea Mary Nixon
• Arif Ahmad
• Dr NIMA POOVAYA-SMITH
• EARL OF HAREWOOD DAVID HENRY GEORGE LASCELLES · trustee of 1 other charity
• IWONA BLAZWICK OBE
• JEREMY JOHN BURTON DL · trustee of 6 other charities
• Micheal Bates
• Rachel Claire Mapplebeck
• THE COUNTESS OF HAREWOOD DIANE JANE LASCELLES

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

Operates in: Leeds City

Income and spending

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