WESTON PARK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 518325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity continues to carry out a maintenance programme to preserve for the public benefit the grounds, buildings, furniture and chattels at Weston Park. To the extent that finance is available, it endeavours to improve the facilities available to the public. It also encourages visitors, recreation and the educational use of its facilities. Trading activities are carried out by its subsidiary.

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Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.9m

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation recorded a net deficit of £524,562 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a deficit in unrestricted funds despite positive investment returns. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were in a deficit of £389,880, and the policy is to rebuild free reserves to £500,000 over the next 3 to 4 years, with the Foundation currently utilizing its investment fund to support the position in the short term.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £100,001 - £110,000 1 -” — page 40

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by WR Partners. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2023) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: WESTON PARK ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 01970692
Registered company of the charity Companies House 02076097

WESTON PARK ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £2.4m
Profit before tax: £225k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £313k
Debtors include £411,342 owed by group undertakings.

“A gift aid distribution of £312,723 (2023: £278,774) to the company’s parent charity, Weston Park Foundation, has been made in the year.”

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.

CLIVE, Edward George — director, appointed 16/07/2026on trustee list
HYLTON ELLIOTT, Penelope Ann — director, appointed 09/06/2026not on trustee list
NEWPORT, Alexander Michael Orlando, Viscount — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
NEWPORT, Eliza, Viscountess — director, appointed 09/06/2026on trustee list
KENYON-SLANEY, Harry James Rodolph — director, appointed 14/11/2023on trustee list
CRAWLEY, Nicholas David Townsend — director, appointed 16/06/2020on trustee list
RIDING, Sarah Jane — secretary, appointed 15/01/2026

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 31/12/2024)

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.9m

Cost of raising funds

£2.1m

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, largest income source: Other trading activities (72% 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: 64.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Harry James Rodolph Kenyon-Slaneychair
Alexander Michael Orlando Newport
EDWARD GEORGE CLIVE · trustee of 3 other charities
Eliza Newport
Nicholas David Townsend Crawley
Penelope Ann Hylton Elliott

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

Operates in: Shropshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.3m	£3.9m
31/12/2023	£3.2m	£4.5m
31/12/2022	£3.0m	£4.0m
31/12/2021	£3.1m	£3.2m
31/12/2020	£1.9m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is WESTON PARK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation recorded a net deficit of £524,562 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a deficit in unrestricted funds despite positive investment returns. Per the trustees' report, free reserves were in a deficit of £389,880, and the policy is to rebuild free reserves to £500,000 over the next 3 to 4 years, with the Foundation currently utilizing its investment fund to support the position in the short term. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by WR Partners.

What does the highest-paid employee of WESTON PARK FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band.

Who funds WESTON PARK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTON PARK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST, SSP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2023	£4k	Grant funding of activities
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/05/2023	£73k	"Weston Park Foundations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/09/2007	£975k	"The Granary Development at Weston Park"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/06/2006	£45k	"A Local Food Operation and Accommodation - The Granary Weston Park"

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
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£7.7m
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£205k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£180k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£74k
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST	1	£20k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	1	£6k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD.

WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD income £4.0m
WESTON PARK TRUST income £142k
WEST HAM PARK income £1.7m
AMBITION LAWRENCE WESTON income £2.3m
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL income £254k
PARKWILL LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WESTON PARK FOUNDATION	£3.3m	£100,001 - £110,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON PARK TRUST FY2025	£142k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST HAM PARK FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
AMBITION LAWRENCE WESTON FY2024	£2.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF WESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL FY2025	£254k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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