Painshill Park Trust Limited

Analysis

Painshill Park Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cobham. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 01587910). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Painshill Park Trust Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £2.5m (+6.5%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Painshill Park Trust Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gunnersbury Museum and Park Development Trust (£2.5m), The VOCES8 Foundation (£2.5m) and Mansfield and Sutton Astronomical Society CIO (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, trading 31% and donations and legacies 10%. Charitable activities took 69% of spending and raising funds 4.5%. It employed 28 people.