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Avenue House Estate Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £687k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Barnet
Website
www.stephenshouseandgardens.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Avenue House Estate Trust
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£687k£737k
  • 2024£683k£748k
  • 2023£697k£855k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£806k
  • 2021£534k£523k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 38%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:3.1 TO PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY THE AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.3.2 TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OF THE AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE IN FINCHLEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.3.3 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORIC, ARCHITECTURAL, LANDSCAPE AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS OF THE AVENUE HOUSE ESTATE IN FINCHLEY.3.4.1 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:3.4.1.1. PREVENTING OR REDUCING ANY POTENTIAL CAUSES OF POLLUTION IN RELATION TO ANY LAND WHICH HAS SUFFERED OR MAY SUFFER POLLUTION AS A RESULT OF AN ACTIVITY PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT ON THE LAND OR3.4.1.2 REMEDYING OR MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF ANY POLLUTION IN RELATION TO LAND WHICH HAS SUFFERED OR MAY SUFFER POLLUTION AS A RESULT OF AN ACTIVITY PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT ON THE LAND.3.4.2 THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:3.4.2.1. THE PROVISION, MAINTENANCE OR IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC PARK, RECREATION GROUND OR OPEN SPACE OR3.4.2.2 THE PROVISION OF SOME OTHER PUBLIC AMENITY IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE.IN THIS CLAUSE "LANDFILL SITE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED BY SECTION 66 OF THE FINANCE ACT 1996.3.4.3 THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF A BUILDING WHICH IS USED FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND IS IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE, AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, BY THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE WHICH IS OF HISTORIC, SCIENTIFIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND IS IN THE VICINITY OF A LANDFILL SITE. IN THIS CLAUSE "LANDFILL SITE" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING ASCRIBED BY SECTION 66 OF THE FINANCE ACT 1996.3.5 TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECT.

Grants received

14 grants · £1,905,055 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 · £1,545,275 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £289,200 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £65,580 (8 grants)
  • London Borough of Barnet · £5,000

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £169,2002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £120,0002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £36,0002020-05-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,2002019-10-23
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,4552017-11-15
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.

8 trustees on the board

7.1y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 8Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8

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 8Education 2Hospitality 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£687k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.0 in 2021

25 from 18 in 2021
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
1093908
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 OCTOBER 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19 SEPTEMBER 2002, 5 JANUARY 2005, 24 JANUARY 2006, 31 MAY 2007 AND 28 NOVEMBER 2007.
Companies House
Company number 04099007 · Active
Contact on the register
02083467814 · trust@stephenshouseandgardens.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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