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Registered charity · Northampton

The Kelmarsh Trust

The Kelmarsh Trust is a registered charity (number 295154) based in Northampton, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Oliver Brookshaw since 2019. Latest income £1.3m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.3m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Northamptonshire
Website
www.kelmarsh.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Kelmarsh Trust
Registered
1986

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.3m£1.3m
  • 2024£1.1m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.1m£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£1.0m
  • 2021£1.1m£850k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE GENERAL OBJECT OF THE TRUST IS THE ADVANCEMENT OF HISTORIC AND AESTHETIC EDUCATION, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THAT GENERAL OBJECT THE PRIMARY OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE IN PARTICULAR:- (A) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION MONUMENTS BUILDINGS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL OR ARTISTIC INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE ANDTO PROTECT AND IMPROVE THE AMENITIES OF SUCH BUILDINGS AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. (B) TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION AND AS AN ADJUNCT TO ANY SUCH BUILDINGS AS AFORESAID FURNITURE PICTURES AND OTHER CHATTELS OF NATIONAL HISTORIC OR ARTISTIC INTEREST. (C) TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS TO AND THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF SUCH BUILDINGS (AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS) FURNITURE PICTURES AND CHATTELS AS AFORESAID BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Grants received

9 grants · £2,047,901 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 · £1,625,500 (4 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £393,400 (2 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £21,089 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,912

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £7,0312024-04-01
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £129,8002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £263,6002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £108,4002020-06-22
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £14,0582020-04-01
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.

4y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

10
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 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10General Charitable Purposes 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.

Property 21Arts and leisure 8Construction 6

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£1.3m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 55.2 in 2021

12 from 9 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
295154
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORTED 15TH OCTOBER 1982 AS AMENDED 29TH AUGUST 1986 AS AMENDED 30TH NOVEMBER 1989 AS AMENDED 5 DECEMBER 2013 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 MAY 2017 as amended on 05 Aug 2024
Companies House
Company number 01672106 · Active
Contact on the register
01604686543 · lesleydenton@kelmarsh.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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