Registered charity · Preston
Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust
Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust is a registered charity (number 508357) based in Preston, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Elena Faraoni since 2015. Latest income £114k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £114k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- Where
- Cheshire East, Cumbria, Lancashire, Pembrokeshire and more
- Website
- www.hoghtontower.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1979
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£114k£195k
- 2024£92k£173k
- 2023£82k£195k
Earlier years
- 2022£369k£189k
- 2021£230k£177k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 55%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1. THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE TOWER AS A BUILDING OF HISTORIC INTEREST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PUBLIC IN SUCH MANNER AS HEREAFTER APPEARS. 2. THE PRESERVATION OF ALL RECORDS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE TOWER AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH WITH REGARD THERETO AND IN RESPECT OF THE HISTORY OF HOGHTON AND COUNTY PALATINE OF LANCASHIRE. 3. THE FOSTERING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INTEREST IN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF HOGHTON.
Grants received
9 grants · £535,448 total360Giving 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £395,848 (6 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £139,600 (3 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Elena Faraoni Chair since 2015
- Arwel Lewis since 2012
- Duccio Faraoni since 2012
- Ellie Botti
- James Kenric Belsak since 2022
- Mary Langford since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Elena Faraoni Chair since 2015
- Arwel Lewis since 2012
- Duccio Faraoni since 2012
- Mary Langford since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Elena Faraoni Chair since 2015
- Arwel Lewis since 2012
- Duccio Faraoni since 2012
- Ellie Botti
- James Kenric Belsak since 2022
- Mary Langford since 2012
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 508357
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27 OCTOBER 1978
- Contact on the register
- 01254 85 2986 · mail@hoghtontower.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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