COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE CHARITY

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Compton Verney is a nationally-accredited art gallery and historic, Capability Brown-designed park located in the heart of the South Midlands, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon. We present a wealth of opportunities for discovery and enjoyment in our galleries and landscape, and we passionately believe in sharing everything our rich, multi-faceted site has to offer.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£3,885,113
Donations and legacies | £2.16m | |
Charitable activities | £1.06m | |
Other trading activities | £600.93k | |
Investments | £65.65k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£4,377,116
Raising funds | £1.49m | |
Charitable activities | £2.88m | |
Other | £0 |
£174,712 investments gains (losses)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £1.49m | |
Charitable expenditure | £2.88m |
People

96 Employee(s)
13 Trustee(s)
75 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£80k to £90k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Recreation
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Throughout England
Governance
- 22 November 2021: Standard registration
No other names
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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
13 Trustee(s)
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Penelope Jane Egan CBE | Chair | 18 November 2021 |
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Jane Louise Rosier | Trustee | 31 December 2024 |
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Caroline Jones | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Lara Anna-Marie Ratnaraja | Trustee | 01 January 2024 |
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Geraldine Collinge | Trustee | 31 October 2022 |
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Sipho Ndlovu | Trustee | 01 July 2022 |
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Mark Armstrong | Trustee | 01 July 2022 |
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Magnus Renfrew | Trustee | 01 July 2022 |
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Lydia Charlotte Thomas | Trustee | 18 November 2021 |
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Helen Rose | Trustee | 01 January 2021 |
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PHILIP ALAN BUNT | Trustee | 01 June 2020 |
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John Ross Sleight | Trustee | 01 June 2020 |
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Jonathan Sheaff | Trustee | 01 June 2020 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £3.94m | £3.89m | |
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Total expenditure | £4.92m | £4.38m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £158.76k | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.99m | £2.16m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £767.82k | £600.93k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £1.11m | £1.06m | |
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Income - Endowments | £1.75m | £1.60m | |
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Income - Investment | £73.73k | £65.65k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £3.31m | £2.88m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £1.61m | £1.49m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £276.35k | £41.95k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | £23.64m | £23.76m | |
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Long-term investments | £1.93m | £2.10m | |
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Other assets | £2.08m | £1.60m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £507.93k | £641.86k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 02 December 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 02 December 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 30 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 30 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 NOV 2021
Charitable objects
2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 2.1.1 THE PRESERVATION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMPTON VERNEY ESTATE; 2.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE WEST MIDLANDS; 2.1.3 THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ART FOR EXHIBITION TO THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMISSIONING OF ART IN CONNECTION WITH COMPTON VERNEY ESTATE; AND 2.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ACCESS TO, AND FACILITIES FOR THE APPRECIATION, STUDY AND (WHERE RELEVANT) PRACTICE OF, THE ARTS, CULTURE, NATURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE ON THE COMPTON VERNEY ESTATE AND/OR ANY OTHER PLACE OR PLACES.
Contact information
- Address:
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COMPTON VERNEY HOUSE
COMPTON VERNEY
WARWICK
CV35 9HZ
- Phone:
- 01926645500
- Email:
- info@comptonverney.org.uk
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