Chatsworth House Trust

Registered charity 511149 Registered since 1981

Operates: Derbyshire

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Lord William Burlington Chair since 2020
Dr Robert Nicholas Cullinan since 2022
Edward Roland Haslewood Perks
Henry Mark Wyndham
Katrin Henkel since 2025
Mark William Fane since 2015
Nishi Somaiya Grose since 2021
The Duke of Devonshire

5.4y median 5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Lord William Burlington Chair since 2020
Mark William Fane since 2015

22.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Lord William Burlington Chair since 2020
Dr Robert Nicholas Cullinan since 2022
Edward Roland Haslewood Perks
Henry Mark Wyndham
Nishi Somaiya Grose since 2021
The Duke of Devonshire

Portfolio (2)

Katrin Henkel since 2025
Mark William Fane since 2015

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 8Environment/conservation/heritage 7Recreation 7Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Arts and leisure 10Education 7Finance 7

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£19.4m 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.

24.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 25.7 in 2021

170 from 127 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

The National Gallery Trust 1 shared trustee
Project Giving Back 1 shared trustee
CS Disabled Holidays LTD 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

The Rotherwick Foundation Similar size; both Recreation
Barnsley Premier Leisure Similar size; both Recreation
North Music Trust Similar size; both Recreation

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.chatsworth.org
Email	info@chatsworth.org
Phone	01246565300
Address	CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST, THE ESTATE OFFICE, EDENSOR, BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE, DE45 1PJ

Finances

£19,351,532 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£7,442,462	£10,077,625
2022	£13,936,613	£11,461,408
2023	£17,406,605	£15,844,602
2024	£19,404,397	£17,738,923
2025	£19,351,532	£17,393,147

What it does

What

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE MANSION HOUSE KNOWN AS CHATSWORTH HOUSE IN DERBYSHIRE TOGETHER WITH ITS ANCILLARY BUILDINGS GARDENS ARBORETA WOODLANDS AND PARK ('CHATSWORTH') AND TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF CHATSWORTH AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST AND NATURAL BEAUTY. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 JANUARY 1981 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 22 JULY 1982

Trustees (8)

8trustees

68median age

2aged 70+

Lord William Burlingtonage band 55-59 Chair since 2020
Dr Robert Nicholas Cullinanage band 45-49 since 2022
Edward Roland Haslewood Perksage band 65-69
Henry Mark Wyndhamage band 70-74
Katrin Henkelage band 65-69 since 2025
Mark William Faneage band 65-69 since 2015
Nishi Somaiya Groseage band 45-49 since 2021
The Duke of Devonshireage band 80-84

Linked company (Companies House)

Chatsworth House Trust · 01541046 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/01/1981

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

CS Disabled Holidays LTD 1 shared trustee
Project Giving Back 1 shared trustee
The National Gallery Trust 1 shared trustee

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