Registered charity · Hereford
HAY Castle Trust
(1) To preserve Hay Castle and the land and buildings within Its curtilage, which are of historic, architectural or constructional Interest or exhibit craftsmanship worthy of preservation(2) To advance education on the architecture of Hay Castle and...
- 10 trustees
- Income £526k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Susan MalthouseChair · since 2018
- Alice SherwoodTrustee · since 2021
- Alison BevanTrustee · since 2025
- Christopher Stephen FylesTrustee · since 2020
- Edward FOXTrustee · since 2018
- Emily Joanne Ellen ReadTrustee · since 2026
- Fiona Glida HowardTrustee · since 2020
- John Rowland VaseyTrustee · since 2026
- Karen Schuldt UsherTrustee · since 2024
- Robert CollingwoodTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Powys, Herefordshire
- Website
- www.haycastletrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- HAY Castle Trust
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£526k£524k
- 2024£558k£534k
- 2023£616k£476k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£162k
- 2021£1.5m£92k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) To preserve Hay Castle and the land and buildings within Its curtilage, which are of historic, architectural or constructional Interest or exhibit craftsmanship worthy of preservation(2) To advance education on the architecture of Hay Castle and the local History(3) To advance education in the arts (Including literature, performance arts, paintings and any other creative art forms) which could Include the establishment and maintenance of an art museum or art gallery or art festival or theatre or other arts centre.
Grants received
9 grants · £6,073,145 total360Giving 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 · £5,874,122
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £95,848 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £70,000 (2 grants)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation · £25,675
- Herefordshire Community Foundation · £7,500 (3 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Susan Malthouse Chair since 2018
- Alice Sherwood since 2021
- Alison Bevan since 2025
- Christopher Stephen Fyles since 2020
- Edward FOX since 2018
- Emily Joanne Ellen Read since 2026
- Fiona Glida Howard since 2020
- John Rowland Vasey since 2026
- Karen Schuldt Usher since 2024
- Robert Collingwood since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Susan Malthouse Chair since 2018
- Christopher Stephen Fyles since 2020
- Edward FOX since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Susan Malthouse Chair since 2018
- Alice Sherwood since 2021
- Alison Bevan since 2025
- Christopher Stephen Fyles since 2020
- Edward FOX since 2018
- Emily Joanne Ellen Read since 2026
- Fiona Glida Howard since 2020
- John Rowland Vasey since 2026
- Karen Schuldt Usher since 2024
- Robert Collingwood since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
3.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1144524
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12 AUG 2011 as amended on 14 Jan 2022 as amended on 21 Jan 2022 as amended on 07 Mar 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 07639471 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01497820079 · info@haycastletrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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