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Markshall Estate

Markshall Estate is a registered charity (number 256700) based in Colchester, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £1.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

1 trustee
Income £1.1m (2025)

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Markshall Estate Company Limited.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: Environment/conservation/heritage
Where: Essex
Website: www.markshall.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1973

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£1.1m£1.2m
2024£1.1m£1.6m
2023£1.4m£2.2m

Earlier years

2022£1.7m£2.3m
2021£1.3m£1.7m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION OF AGRICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND FORESTRY.

Grants received

1 grant · £50,000 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 · £50,000

Most recent

The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002009-10-15

Board analysis

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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£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 6.3 in 2020

21 from 46 in 2020

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: 256700
Status: Registered
Governing document: SCHEME DATED 15 OCT 1971AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 07 DEC 2007AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24 SEP 2009AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09 MAY 2011AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10 AUG 2016AS AMENDED ON 15 MAR 2019AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 07 NOV 2019AS AMENDED ON 21 APR 2020AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 18 AUG 2020AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 10 MAY 2021AS AMENDED ON 05 APR 2022AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 09 DEC 2022AS AMENDED ON 29 MAY 2024AS AMENDED ON 10 SEP 2024AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 20 DEC 2024
Contact on the register: 01376563116 · enquiries@markshall.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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