Registered charity (CIO) · Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted Castle Trust
Berkhamsted Castle Trust is a registered charity (number 1176286) based in Berkhamsted, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Adrian Antony Barham since 2017. Latest income £69k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £69k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Adrian Antony BarhamChair · since 2017
- Dr James Maxwell Guthrie Moir FipmTrustee · since 2019
- MR KEN WallisTrustee · since 2017
- Paul Jess CroslandTrustee · since 2024
- Peter Brian MatthewsTrustee · since 2019
- Professor Jonathan MorrisTrustee · since 2019
- Richard James NorthTrustee · since 2022
- Wendy Jane ConianTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.berkhamstedcastle.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£69k£2k
- 2024£34k£44k
- 2023£11k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£490
- 2021£7k£5k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 77%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY:(1) PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ORGANISATION AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR VISITORS BY THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND (ALSO KNOWN AS HISTORIC ENGLAND) AND THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST (REGISTERED CHARITY NO: 1140351) OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RESPECT OF BERKHAMSTED MOTTE AND BAILEY CASTLE, HERTFORDSHIRE (A SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT, LIST ENTRY NUMBER: 1010756) (“THE CASTLE”) AND GENERALLY IN THE PRESERVATION AND UPKEEP OF THE CASTLE AND BY FOSTERING THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE CASTLE BY THE PUBLIC;(2) CONDUCTING, FINANCING OR OTHERWISE COMMISSIONING HISTORICAL RESEARCH OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASTLE (AND PEOPLE OR EVENTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE CONNECTED TO IT) AND MAKING PUBLIC THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH OR INVESTIGATION (BY MEANS OF PUBLICATIONS, EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES, MEETINGS, EVENTS, DISCUSSIONS, GUIDED VISITS OR OTHERWISE);(3) TAKING INTO OWNERSHIP OR USE IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE ABOVE OBJECT ANY LAND OR BUILDING FORMING PART OF, OR FORMERLY PART OF, THE CASTLE (WHETHER BY PURCHASE, LEASE, RECEIPT AS A GIFT OR OTHERWISE).
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
- Adrian Antony Barham Chair since 2017
- Dr James Maxwell Guthrie Moir Fipm since 2019
- MR KEN Wallis since 2017
- Paul Jess Crosland since 2024
- Peter Brian Matthews since 2019
- Professor Jonathan Morris since 2019
- Richard James North since 2022
- Wendy Jane Conian since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Antony Barham Chair since 2017
- Dr James Maxwell Guthrie Moir Fipm since 2019
- MR KEN Wallis since 2017
- Peter Brian Matthews since 2019
- Professor Jonathan Morris since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Professor Jonathan Morris since 2019
Portfolio (7)
- Adrian Antony Barham Chair since 2017
- Dr James Maxwell Guthrie Moir Fipm since 2019
- MR KEN Wallis since 2017
- Paul Jess Crosland since 2024
- Peter Brian Matthews since 2019
- Richard James North since 2022
- Wendy Jane Conian since 2025
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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1176286
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Dec 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07834163065 · enquiries@berkhamstedcastle.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 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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