Registered charity · Northumberland
Howick Trustees Limited
- 7 trustees
- Income £789k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Northumberland
- Website
- www.howickhallgardens.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Howick Trustees Limited
- Registered
- 1975
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£789k£990k
- 2024£854k£1.0m
- 2023£786k£1.0m
Earlier years
- 2022£819k£930k
- 2021£697k£741k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.THE ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF PLACES OF HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST OR OF NATURAL OR OF NATURAL OR CULTIVATED BEAUTY IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE PROVISION OF READY ACCESS TO THEM BY THE PUBLIC.2.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS OF CONSERVATION, HORTICULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, THE ARTS AND THE HISTORY OF HOWICK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE DISPLAY AND EXHIBITIONS OF RELATED ARTWORK AND THE SUPPLY OF INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.
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.
7 trustees on the board
- HON David Charles Evelyn Baring Chair
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2020
- George Charles Nicholas Lane FOX since 2022
- Mark Bridgeman
- Matthew George Darby since 2018
- SIR Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2016
- Victoria Jane Baring since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2020
- Matthew George Darby since 2018
- SIR Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2016
- Victoria Jane Baring since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- HON David Charles Evelyn Baring Chair
- David Gilchrist Knott since 2020
- George Charles Nicholas Lane FOX since 2022
- Mark Bridgeman
- Matthew George Darby since 2018
- Victoria Jane Baring since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- SIR Walter John Buchanan Riddell since 2016
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
38.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 504347
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 18 APRIL 1975 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 SEPTEMBER 2005
- Companies House
- Company number 01208214 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01665577285 · estateoffice@howickuk.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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