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Registered charity (CIO) · Ware

Scott's Grotto CIO

Scott's Grotto CIO is a registered charity (number 1180709) based in Ware, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Robert Henry Owen since 2018. Latest income £5k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Scott's Grotto, Scott's Grotto Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £5k (2025)
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About

What it does
Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Hertfordshire
Website
www.scotts-grotto.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5k£6k
  • 2024£6k£8k
  • 2023£7k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£12k
  • 2021£34k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 29%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RESTORATION, PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE GRADE I LISTED PROPERTY SCOTT'S GROTTO IN HERTFORDSHIRE AND ITS ASSOCIATED GRADE II* LISTED SUMMERHOUSE, GARDENS AND GROUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ITS ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND HERITAGE.

Grants received

1 grant · £25,300 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 · £25,300

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £25,3002019-10-10
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 trustees on the board

6y median 8y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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 9Amateur Sport 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 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.

Finance 6Arts and leisure 3Property 3

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
1180709
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Nov 2018
Contact on the register
01920464131 · info@scotts-grotto.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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