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Registered charity · Twickenham

Pope's Grotto Preservation Trust

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £16k (2025)
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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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Richmond Upon Thames
Website
www.popesgrotto.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16k£12k
  • 2024£12k£18k
  • 2023£165k£184k
Earlier years
  • 2022£119k£162k
  • 2021£19k£35k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

SUPPORT THE RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALEXANDER POPE'S GROTTO IN TWICKENHAM;PROMOTE INTEREST IN AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE GROTTO AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL HISTORY; RAISE FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Grants received

3 grants · £285,689 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 · £264,400 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £21,289

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £21,2892022-04-01
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £247,2002019-09-04
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £17,2002017-03-02
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.

11 trustees on the board

7.6y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

3
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Other services 2Education 1Health and social care 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£12k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1162424
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/12/2013
Contact on the register
02088920950
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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