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Registered charity · Midhurst

The Cowdray Heritage Trust

The Cowdray Heritage Trust is a registered charity (number 1071069) based in Midhurst, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £1.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.2m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
West Sussex
Linked company
The Cowdray Heritage Trust
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.2m£273k
  • 2024£71k£97k
  • 2023£112k£146k
Earlier years
  • 2022£66k£85k
  • 2021£81k£59k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PRESERVE, MAINTAIN, REPAIR, IMPROVE, AND MANAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE RUINS OF THE TUDOR MANSION KNOWN AS COWDRAY RUINS, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX TOGETHER WITH THE ADJOINING AMENITY LAND ("THE COWDRAY RUINS") AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE VESTED IN THE CHARITY, AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF THE SAME AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST; (2) TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF THE COWDRAY RUINS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (3) TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY BUILDINGS VESTED IN THE CHARITY ANY CHATTELS WHICH ARE ORDINARILY KEPT IN ANY SUCH BUILDINGS OR WHICH MAY BE GIVEN OR LOANED TO THE CHARITY AND WHICH THE CHARITY CONSIDERS TO BE APPROPRIATE TO BE KEPT THEREAT, AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF THE SAME AS ITEMS OF HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST; (4)TO FACILITATE AND ENCOURAGE THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF AND ACCESS TO AND STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF THE COWDRAY RUINS AND ANY SUCH CHATTELS BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Grants received

3 grants · £2,936,100 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,936,100 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £45,2002020-02-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £49,9002010-03-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £2,841,0001999-09-23
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 4Amateur Sport 1Education/training 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 9Arts and leisure 5Hospitality 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.2m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

39.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

6
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1071069
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/11/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/12/2013
Companies House
Company number 03472093 · Active
Contact on the register
01730812423
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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