West Horsley Place Trust
Analysis
West Horsley Place Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09795744). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.
In the financial year ending February 2025, West Horsley Place Trust reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £562k to £1.2m (+105%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, West Horsley Place Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action for Conservation (£1.2m), Swindon Music Service (£1.2m) and Reading Repertory Theatre (£1.2m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, trading 25%, donations and legacies 16% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £596k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 16%
- Charitable activities 58%
- Trading 25%
- Investments 1.5%
In the charity's own words
To preserve and maintain the house known as West Horsley Place in Surrey, together with its ancillary buildings and grounds as a place of historic and architectural interest, setting its history in a wider local and national context through a variety of teaching and learning methods. To encourage and promote the performing and visual arts.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Action for Conservation | Oxford | £1.2m |
| Swindon Music Service | Swindon | £1.2m |
| Reading Repertory Theatre | Reading | £1.2m |
| Welsh Centre for International Affairs / Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru | Cardiff | £1.2m |