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The Titsey Foundation CIO

The Titsey Foundation CIO is a registered charity (number 1159986) based in West Sussex, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Earl of Woolton since 2015. Latest income £1.5m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £1.5m (2025)

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Surrey
Website
www.titsey.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.5m£1.6m
  • 2024£1.7m£1.6m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.1m
  • 2021£1.2m£1.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND THE PROMOTION OF AID AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING: (1) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR GROUNDS AND SURROUNDINGS KNOWN AS TITSEY PLACE IN THE COUNTY OF SURREY (?TITSEY PLACE?) AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE CHARITY TRUSTEES; (2) THE PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE AMENITIES OF TITSEY PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; (3) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF FURNITURE AND PICTURES AND CHATTELS OF ANY ORDINARILY KEPT AT TITSEY PLACE; (4) THE FACILITATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF TITSEY PLACE AND SUCH FURNITURE, PICTURES AND CHATTELS AFORESAID BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC; (5) THE PROVISION AT TITSEY PLACE OR SUCH PART OF IT AS SHALL BE APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS WHOM THE SAME ARE INTENDED OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION WHICH SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; AND (6) THE FACILITATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF TITSEY PLACE AND THE USE OF SUCH CHATTELS AS AFORESAID FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

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.

4 trustees on the board

10y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

1
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 4Education/training 4Environment/conservation/heritage 4

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

Other services 1

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£1.5m 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.

74.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 101.7 in 2021

12 from 10 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
1159986
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Jan 2015
Contact on the register
01403339183 · florence.wolfe-jones@knightfrank.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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