Registered charity · Knaresborough
Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education
Also known as Allerton Castle (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £203k (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
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.allertoncastle.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1986
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£203k£182k
- 2024£215k£180k
- 2023£143k£153k
Earlier years
- 2023£144k£151k
- 2022£98k£169k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR GROUNDS AND SURROUNDING PARKLAND KWOWN AS ALLERTON PARK NORTH YORKSHIRE AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE TRUSTEES; (II) THE PRESERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF FURNITURE AND PICTURES AND CHATTELS OF ANY DESCRIPTION ORDINARY KEPT OR INTENDED TO BE KEPT AT ALLERTON PARK AS SHALL OR MAY HEREAFTER BE VESTED IN THE TRUSTEES OR LOANED TO THE TRUSTEES; (III) THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE CHAPEL AT ALLERTON PARK FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE PRACTICE OF WORSHIP; (IV) THE PROVISION AT ALLERTON PARK OR SUCH PART OF IT AS SHALL BE APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THE CONDTIONS OF LIFE FOR THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THE SAME ARE INTENDED OF FACILITIES FOR PHYSICAL RECREATION WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE; (V) THE FACILITATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE USE AND OCCUPATION OF THE WHOLE OR PART OF ALLERTON PARK AND THE USE OF SUCH CHATTELS AS AFORESAID FOR CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.
Grants received
1 grant · £351,365 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 · £351,365
Most recent
- 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
- Colonel Donald LEE Rolph Chair
- David d'Arcy Thompson since 2026
- John B Wright since 2013
- Mark Christopher Rolph
- Mark Oglesby since 2017
- Michael Loring Rolph since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- John B Wright since 2013
- Mark Oglesby since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Colonel Donald LEE Rolph Chair
- David d'Arcy Thompson since 2026
- John B Wright since 2013
- Mark Christopher Rolph
- Mark Oglesby since 2017
- Michael Loring Rolph since 2025
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
- 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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 517743
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 2 JUNE 1986 as amended on 20 May 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01423330927 · office@allertoncastle.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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