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Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 267999NorthamptonEnvironment and conservation
Income£1.8m2025-03-31
Spending£2.2msame year
Spent / received104%5-year average
Size in its cause96th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1974Charitable company
Employees16latest return

Analysis

Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in August 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01174289). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.2m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.8m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lamport Hall Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Roots and Shoots (£1.8m), Futureproof Cumbria (£1.8m) and Rainforest Trust UK (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 58% and investments 34%. Charitable activities took 36% of spending and raising funds 63%. It employed 16 people.

Income and spending

£0£545k£1.1m£1.6m£2.2m2021 Income: £1,204,8592021 Spending: £1,070,29020212022 Income: £1,424,0962022 Spending: £1,359,55820222023 Income: £2,002,4692023 Spending: £1,894,26320232024 Income: £1,727,9422024 Spending: £1,965,33420242025 Income: £1,771,4012025 Spending: £2,181,4942025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.4%
  • Charitable activities 0.2%
  • Trading 58%
  • Investments 34%
  • Other 7.5%

In the charity's own words

Promotes Historic and aesthetic education in particular it restores and preserves the Hall, its contents, gardens and parks. It makes these available to a wide range of sections of the community.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Roots and ShootsLondon£1.8m
Futureproof CumbriaCumbria£1.8m
Rainforest Trust UKGloucestershire£1.8m
The Country TrustChelmsford£1.8m