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The Bath Preservation Trust LTD

The Bath Preservation Trust LTD is a registered charity (number 203048) based in Bath, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Eve Coulter Salomon CBE since 2023. Latest income £1.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £1.9m (2025)

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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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Bath And North East Somerset
Website
www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Bath Preservation Trust Limited
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.9m£2.7m
  • 2024£1.5m£3.3m
  • 2023£4.7m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.9m£1.6m
  • 2021£1.2m£875k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE AND TO SECURE THE PRESERVATION, PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CHARACTER, AMENITIES AND BUILDINGS OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR PUBLIC INTEREST IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF BATH(B) TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AROUND THE CITY OF BATH (AND TO PROMOTE ITS FULLEST ENJOYMENT BY THE PUBLIC)(C) TO PROVIDE AND/OR PARTICIPATE IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, GALLERIES AND OTHER FACILITIES TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH THE CITY OF BATH AND FOR THE PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF OBJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Grants received

26 grants · £3,799,309 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 · £1,832,805 (12 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,514,990 (6 grants)
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport · £422,746 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £18,768 (2 grants)
  • Quartet Community Foundation · £7,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £29,5972025-06-04
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002024-04-01
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £320,7462024-01-25
  • Quartet Community Foundation £7,0002023-07-11
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £90,0002023-04-01
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.

2.5y median 1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 11Environment/conservation/heritage 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 11Finance 8Professional services 8

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£1.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

2.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.9 in 2021

32 from 32 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
203048
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 DECEMBER 1934 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 19 AUGUST 1975, 24 NOVEMBER 2005, 20 NOVEMBER 2008, 15 OCTOBER 2009. as amended on 23 Mar 2021
Companies House
Company number 00294789 · Active
Contact on the register
01225338727 · admin@bptrust.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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