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Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne

The Belsay Trust

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £463k (2025)

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

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Northumberland
Linked company
The Belsay Trust
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£463k£390k
  • 2024£454k£303k
  • 2023£438k£251k
Earlier years
  • 2022£410k£227k
  • 2021£403k£233k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) AS A PRIMARY OBJECT, TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION THE PROPERTY OF THE COMPANY COMPRISING THOSE PARTS OF THE BELSAY ESTATE IN NORTHUMBERLAND ("THE ESTATE") WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY, WHETHER ON THEIR OWN OR AS A SETTING FOR BELSAY CASTLE AND BELSAY HALL (OR EITHER ONE OF THEM); AND (2) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Grants received

1 grant · £1,138 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £1,138

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,1382020-04-01
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.

9.7y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Environment/conservation/heritage 3Other Charitable Purposes 3

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

Property 2Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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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£463k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1149510
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 SEP 2012
Companies House
Company number 08217668 · Active
Contact on the register
01661881206 · admin@belsay.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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