THE CHRISTOPHER TOWER COLLECTION

Charity number: 1126077
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Purpose: maintain Collection at Ashridge with information/catalogue for public benefit, open in August for guided tours by appointment. Autumn 2010 Objectives: increase public awareness by detailed website; and circulation of list/photos by Courtauld Photographic Survey to subscribers, 40 British and International art museums/libraries, also available to researchers at CPS and Witt Library.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £2,987
Total expenditure: £8,300

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Essex

Governance

Registration history:
  • 26 September 2008: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Richard Tower Trustee 03 December 2025
None on record
Alexander Tower Trustee 03 December 2025
None on record
WILLIAM TOWER Trustee
None on record
IAN TOWER Trustee
None on record
RUPERT TOWER KINGLAKE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £595 £348 £344 £416 £2.99k
Total expenditure £0 £0 £224 £0 £8.30k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 16 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2023 28 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2022 31 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2021 15 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2020 03 November 2021 3 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 6 OCTOBER 2006

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (THE 'OBJECTS'): (A) TO PRESERVE AND DISPLAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WORKS OF ART AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OF ARTISTIC, HISTORICAL OR SOCIOLOGICAL INTEREST, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR SUCH OF THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE AS MAY BE ADDED TO THE TRUST FUND (ALL SUCH ITEMS SHALL BE REFERRED TO IN THIS CLAUSE AS THE 'COLLECTION'); (B) TO ORGANISE THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION AND TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST SUCH PUBLIC ACCESS; AND (C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY BY PROMOTING THE STUDY OF THE COLLECTION BY THE PUBLIC AND ENCOURAGING THE INCREASE OF THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MATTERS OF HISTORIC, ARTISTIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL INTEREST CONNECTED WITH THE COLLECTION. 3.2 THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME, AND THE RESULTING INCOME, IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL

Contact information

Address:
25 LANGLAND GARDENS
LONDON
NW3 6QE
Phone:
02074333640
Email:
contact@ashridge.org.uk
Website:

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