Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 1
  • Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

BURGHLEY HOUSE PRESERVATION TRUST LIMITED 

The Charity is established for the advancement of historic and aesthetic education which shall include the preservation of buildings of national importance, and in particular the preservation and showing of Burghley House, Stamford. The Governing Body is permitted to carry out its activities with a view to conserving the environment of land and buildings owned by the Charity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £4,709,362 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/01/23£13,711£13,346£365£7,255£83,934£-4,709-4.210618
31/01/22£9,057£8,337£719£5,053£80,621£5430.813618
31/01/21£7,955£7,800£154£2,877£75,698£-5,572-8.612614
31/01/20£11,833£10,563£1,270£5,643£75,282£-4,564-5.21420
31/01/19£10,413£9,095£1,318£4,717£69,292£-4,969-6.61110
31/01/18£9,178£8,524£654£4,554£68,040£-4,317-6.11050
31/01/17£10,008£8,173£1,836£4,207£66,269£-1,936-2.81030
31/01/16£9,371£7,924£1,447£4,140£62,116£-2,549-3.91020
31/01/15£7,951£7,397£554£24£59,649£58,51294.9890
31/01/14£7,576£7,227£349£24£56,021£54,87991.1870
31/01/13£7,333£6,767£566£24£54,278£53,13194.2840
31/01/12£7,440£6,641£799£22£52,280£51,12992.4820
31/01/11£4,251£3,813£438£17£50,405£49,249155760
31/01/10£3,916£3,632£284£20£49,107£47,946158.4740
31/01/09£3,803£3,495£308£20£48,698£47,533163.2740
31/01/08£3,733£3,336£397£20£50,741£49,570178.3740
31/01/07£3,381£2,986£395£2,534£48,297£47,231189.8740
31/01/06£4,046£2,711£1,334£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05£2,837£2,441£397£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04*£2,503£2,374£130£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 113%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -6%
Reserves/Spending: -4.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
Established: 55 years

www.burghley.co.uk

burghley@burghley.co.uk

01780752075

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UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 106 employees
  • 18 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - EAFRD - RD Measure 10 EXQ funded
£22,252 01/04/2019
This measure is the primary Agri-environment-climate funding for England in delivering the Rural Development programme environmental land management priorities and builds on the agri-environment ....more
Sport England - Stamford AFC - Sports & Education Facility
£46,919 06/12/2013
Funding under Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Stamford AFC - Sports & Education Facility'. This project lists its main activity as Multi ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-73
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/05/1969, number: 258489
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/04/1969, number: 00951524
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR04: 36 days late,
Main office

BURGHLEY ESTATE OFFICE
61 HIGH STREET
ST. MARTINS
STAMFORD
PE9 2LQ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HISTORIC AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS AS NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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