Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust

Analysis

Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08809187). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust reported income of £7.1m and spending of £7.5m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.9m to £7.1m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Almeida Theatre Company Limited (£7.1m), Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited (£7.2m) and Awen Cultural Trust (£7.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, trading 32% and charitable activities 7.1%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £174k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 109 people.