Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -4

KNEBWORTH HOUSE EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION TRUST

The object of the Trust is to preserve, conserve, restore and maintain for the educational and aesthetic benefit of the public now and in the future the Mansion known as Knebworth House, Knebworth in the County of Hertford, its historically associated chattels, muniments and other contents, the surrounding gardens, outbuildings, forest and parkland

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

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:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
28/02/23		£471	£539	£-69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/22		£733	£580	£152	£0	£2,378	£2,378	49.2	0	6
28/02/21		£336	£401	£-66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/20		£352	£406	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/19		£450	£620	£-171	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/18		£842	£454	£388	£1	£2,108	£2,108	55.7	0	0
28/02/17		£236	£344	£-108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/16		£481	£706	£-224	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/15		£303	£409	£-106	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/14		£231	£389	£-158	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/13		£234	£325	£-91	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/12		£301	£284	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/11		£276	£296	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/10		£341	£394	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/09		£288	£316	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/08		£261	£292	£-31	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/07	*	£267	£297	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/06		£249	£317	£-68	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
28/02/05		£250	£338	£-88	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
29/02/04		£246	£263	£-17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Balance Sheet History

Established: 40 years

www.knebworthhouse.com

ASaunders@knebworthhouse.com

01438812661

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space

Where it operates

Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports 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
DCMS - Knebworth House, Old Knebworth Ln, Stevenage SG1 2AX
£3,049	01/04/2022	Project development - Investigative work (Surveys, samples, crack monitoring, scope drawings).Main Work - Underpinning to NW turret; Underpinning to walls either side of turret; Essential window ....more Project development - Investigative work (Surveys, samples, crack monitoring, scope drawings).Main Work - Underpinning to NW turret; Underpinning to walls either side of turret; Essential window repairs; Essential crack and stucco repairs.
DCMS - Knebworth House, Old Knebworth Ln, Stevenage SG1 2AX
£8,505	01/04/2021	The grant is being used to carry out urgent underpinning to the NW turret at Knebworth House. Hertfordshire
DCMS - Knebworth House
£18,750	22/12/2020	Re-roofing project. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts and ....more Re-roofing project. The wider aim of the scheme is: This scheme is part of the Culture Recovery Fund, the Governments £1.57 billion support package to protect the countrys cultural, arts and heritage organisations. Historic England is offering grant funding as part of the Heritage Stimulus Fund, capital funding which forms part of the support package. This encompasses a number of grant funds to help the heritage sector recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding will support owners of listed buildings to carry out maintenance and small-scale urgent repair work ando revitalise decaying historic buildingso improve the condition of the nations heritageo protect jobs in the heritage construction sectoro underpin specialist heritage professionals and crafts people
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust
£9,100	20/07/2020	COVID19 Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust
DCMS - ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Knebworth House, Old Knebworth Ln, Stevenage SG1 2AX
£61,478	01/04/2020	Underpinning to NW turret. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the Heritage at Risk ....more Underpinning to NW turret. The wider aim of the scheme is: The scheme is intended to reduce the risk faced by some of the most significant historic sites in England, as shown on the Heritage at Risk Register. The focus of grants is on those sites which are most in need of repair, and where, without our grant, a project would not be able to go ahead
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Knebworth House Education and Preservation Trust
£85,000	18/09/2018	The Watchman's Tower - a view of the past and present
DCMS - Watchman's Tower, Knebworth
£6,250	01/04/2018	Repairs to the Watchmans Tower and adjoining screen walls to include:-1. Reinstatement of missing roof2. Repairs to external structural walls3. Reinstatement of missing floors4. Reinstatement of ....more Repairs to the Watchmans Tower and adjoining screen walls to include:-1. Reinstatement of missing roof2. Repairs to external structural walls3. Reinstatement of missing floors4. Reinstatement of missing windows and entrance door5. Reinstatement of missing staricase.6. Repair of crenellations to tower and sceen wall.7. Repair of loose and missing stucco to tower and screen wall8. Reinstatement of missing rainwater goods to tower.
DCMS - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
£25,000	04/09/2017	Repairs to the Watchmans Tower and adjoining screen walls to include:-1. Reinstatement of missing roof2. Repairs to external structural walls3. Reinstatement of missing floors4. Reinstatement of ....more Repairs to the Watchmans Tower and adjoining screen walls to include:-1. Reinstatement of missing roof2. Repairs to external structural walls3. Reinstatement of missing floors4. Reinstatement of missing windows and entrance door5. Reinstatement of missing staricase.6. Repair of crenellations to tower and sceen wall.7. Repair of loose and missing stucco to tower and screen wall8. Reinstatement of missing rainwater goods to tower.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

EDWARD LYTTON COBBOLD Appointed: 2014

JOHN FRANCIS DUDLEY HOY Appointed: 2024

MARCUS LOUIS TAVERNER Appointed: 2023

MORWENNA GRAY LYTTON COBBOLD Appointed: 2018

ROBERT HARRISON ICETON RUTTER (Chair) Appointed: 2011

ROGER KEITH WILLIAM WILLCOCKS Appointed: 2016

THE HONOURABLE RICHARD COBBOLD

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/05/1984, number: 289346

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 25 days late,

Main office

KNEBWORTH HOUSE
KNEBWORTH PARK
OLD KNEBWORTH
KNEBWORTH
SG3 6PY

Objectives

(I) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR ARCITECTURAL OR ARTISTICK INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE AND TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND THERI SURROUNDINGS. (II) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND AS AN ADJUNCT TO ANY BUILDINGS AS AFORESAID FURNITURE PICURES AND OTHER CHATTELS O NAIONAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST. (III) TO ADVANCE THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURAL AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED