Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Pension deficit: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST 

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.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • There is a pension deficit of £8,723,342
Established: 43 years

www.chatsworth.org

info@chatsworth.co.uk

01246565300

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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
31/03/23£17,407£15,845£1,562£2,156£29,413£28,63921.7311174
31/03/22£13,937£11,461£2,475£771£26,446£25,66626.9153157
31/03/21£7,442£10,078£-2,635£381£22,391£21,61725.7127174
31/03/20£14,786£13,930£856£1,840£25,427£24,65321.2164174
31/03/19£14,790£13,557£1,233£1,785£25,550£24,76121.915798
31/03/18£14,991£16,121£-1,130£1,152£23,824£23,04717.21560
31/03/17£13,203£13,218£-15£1,119£26,156£25,382231500
31/03/16?£13,639£15,583£-1,944£1,333£24,603£23,82218.31430
31/12/14*£11,735£10,628£1,107£190£25,607£25,60728.91420
31/12/13£10,859£11,435£-576£179£25,290£25,29026.51380
31/12/12£10,716£10,374£342£180£24,906£24,90628.81380
31/12/11£8,724£10,540£-1,817£38£24,229£24,22927.61330
31/12/10£13,377£11,550£1,828£46£25,395£25,39526.41340
31/12/09£8,185£10,742£-2,557£45£23,179£23,17925.91350
31/12/08£7,880£6,291£1,589£1,348£28,973£28,97355.31310
31/12/07£7,390£6,212£1,178£1,953£29,389£29,38956.81430
31/12/06?£7,082£6,108£974£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£6,778£5,345£1,433£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5,867£4,899£968£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 21.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Derbyshire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 311 employees
  • 174 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
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Chatsworth House Trust
£422,111 01/03/2023
Celebrating the Cascade at Chatsworth
DCMS - The Stables, Chatsworth House
£15,000 01/02/2021
Prevent further water damage to the Grade I listed Former Stables at Chatsworth through repairing the leaking roof and rainwater disposal repairs to the gutters, downpipes and tiles. Prevent further ....more
DCMS - ALB-Historic England-Chatsworth
£174,713 01/04/2020
This is an 80% grant from the Programme of Major Works to the Chatsworth Estate for the renewal of the HV cable to the house.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Chatsworth House Trust
£80,000 15/03/2016
The Game Larder: a landscape heritage interpretation project

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/03/1981, number: 511149
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/01/1981, number: 01541046
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR14: 22 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE DEVONSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST on 12/04/2023
Main office

CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST
THE ESTATE OFFICE
EDENSOR
BAKEWELL
DERBYSHIRE
DE45 1PJ

Objectives

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE MANSION HOUSE KNOWN AS CHATSWORTH HOUSE IN DERBYSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS GARDENS ARBORETA WOODLANDS AND PARK ('CHATSWORTH') AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF CHATSWORTH AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND NATURAL BEAUTY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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