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National TrustAnnual Report 2014/15
We look after coastline, forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, nature reserves,
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developed against our wishes without the consent of Parliament.
We rely on the support of our members, donors and volunteers, as well as income from grant-making bodies and commercial activities such as retail and catering, to look after the special places in our care.
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1National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Contents
Contents
Message from the Chairman and Director-General
Board of Trustees’ report for 2014/15
Highlights of the year
Engaging our supporters
Improving conservation and environmental performance
Investing in our people
Our plans to 2015/16
Financial review
Administration and management
Structure and internal control
Thanks
Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
The Financial Statements 2014/15
Balance sheets
Notes to the Financial Statements
Independent auditors’ report to the Trustees of the National Trust
The Trust’s advisers
Net Gain
Governance of the National Trust
Membership of the Board of Trustees, the Council, Committees
and Executive Team
2014 Annual General Meeting
Year on record
Retirements
Obituaries
and The Wolfson Foundation
Gifts and donations
Supporter groups
Legacies
Contact details
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Message from the Chairman and Director-General
the result of a change to the system of measurement, and also
We continue to contribute to national and local debates
our support for the siting of a tunnel under the Stonehenge
about the management of coastline through our Shifting Shores
role in protecting and promoting areas of natural beauty
investment in internal systems designed to bring our processes
Playing our part.
2014/15 was another excellent year for the Trust. More people visited our
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Message from the Chairman and Director-General
Timothy Parker
Chairman
15 July 2015
Dame Helen Ghosh
Director-General
15 July 2015
3National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Board of Trustees’ report for 2014/15
spend needed for property maintenance and the reduction
transform our internal systems – a programme referred to by
refurbishment to meet the standards expected of the National
Playing our part.
our challenge has been to identify the conservation needs of
conservation pressures facing the nation in this early part of the
our role in restoring the natural environment and biodiversity,
Board of Trustees’ report for 2014/15
4 Highlights of the year
generous legacies, a donation from Natural England and
Box Hill Centenary
Dunham Massey – Sanctuary from the Trenches
photographs, records and artefacts, the house reverted to
had an operation to remove a bullet lodged in his brain and
of the nation.
Highlights of the year
5National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Highlights of the year
Sandham Memorial Chapel
Sandham Memorial Chapel in the village of Burghclere,
to accommodate a series of paintings by Stanley Spencer,
Slindon Estate – Rise of Northwood
In September 2013 Courthill Farm in Slindon, West Sussex,
tree species and scattering of locally collected seeds, guided
Marsden Moor
lung, capturing carbon from the atmosphere and providing
landscape has been damaged by a combination of pollution,
heather brash spread by hand to stabilise the peat and lime,
and seed and fertilizer have been spread by helicopter over
trails are aimed at intermediate and novice riders and provide
They are also extensive enough for the more experienced
adventure play area, the trails have attracted repeat visits from
eighteeth-century carriage drive as the main visitor entrance
Brutal and Beautiful Balfron
experience changed visitors’ and volunteers’ perceptions of the
National Trust – responses included – ‘innovative’ and ‘daring’
6 Highlights of the year
from players of People’s Postcode Lottery, the ‘Rembrandt
that led to its attribution, and to present the painting and its
has captured the public’s imagination and demonstrated that
Mount Stewart
Foundation, the Wolfson Foundation and through generous
Speaking out
policy initiatives from central government and existing policies
ministers increasingly listened to our concerns, emphasising
Landscapes for Everyoneincluding the National Trust, Campaign to Protect Rural
have supported positive investment, such as the proposals for
in the development of the National Grid’s visual improvement
On the natural environment, the Trust continued to deepen
Public policy and funding are also important, and much of the
CAP settlement is disappointing and continues to incentivise
practices that put short-term production ahead of the long-
threat of declining expertise as local authorities and public
7National Trust Annual Report 2014/15
our supporters, improving conservation and environmental
Measure of Success Actual Actual Target Actual
Improving conservation
Engaging supporters
Resources and skills
20% by 2020 50usage in
Our performance
CPI
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Engaging supporters
Resourcesand skills
Improving conservation
Looking aftergrowing the
nation’s love of special places
For ever
For everyone
Address priorityconservation works
Improve visitor enjoyment
Improve the management and engagement of our volunteers
Improve the confidence and capability of our people
Increase organisationalcapability and efficiency
Ensure financial sustainability
Grow membership
Better communicate our cause
Reduceenergy use
Reduce backlog of works to our let estate
we continue to deliver Trust-wide programmes.
part of these programmes are given in our Highlights of the
9National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Engaging our supporters
Improving the visitor experience
Managing record visitor numbers brings its
Although our visitor
Improving volunteer recommendation
hours of their time in a range of roles from house and garden
guides, gardeners and rangers to other specialist areas such
Our overall volunteer numbers have increased by 3% on last
Our focus throughout the year has been the introduction of
Engaging our supporters
We depend upon our millions of supporters and couldn’t look after our special places without
10 Engaging our supporters
A good year for fundraising
be investing more in encouraging our supporters to leave us
The Heritage Lottery Fund helped us once more by providing
repair the aftermath of last year’s coastal storms, raised money
Regular audits have found that the programme budget, plans
meeting regularly to provide assurance to the Board and to
is a strong leadership team in place and that organisational
There have been some notable achievements, particularly in
These are enabling us to achieve a deeper understanding of
processes and better management information for managers
Promoting our cause
inviting them to participate in our ‘50 Things to do before
11National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Improving conservation and environmental performance
Improving conservation and environmental performance
The CPI’s greatest value is at the property and regional scale,
performance is improving and enabling us to monitor trends
One of the most common reasons for a reduced property CPI
Hampshire, tree damage to the ice-house at Farnborough Hall
These
and the restoration and repair of the Red Wing at Croome
in Worcestershire to the excellent example of partnership
Caerphilly County Borough Council on the site of Dinas Emrys,
Maintaining the condition of our vast range of vernacular rural
buildings, often on farms, that are of historic importance but
England, Wales and Northern Ireland and help us understand
vital. Our Conservation Performance Indicator (CPI) is a measurement tool we have developed over the last ten years to help us assess this performance. For each of our properties the
12 Improving conservation and environmental performance
scores across the Trust, but Phytophthora in particular has
Protecting our properties and their settings from infrastructure
Environmental performance
We have believed for many years that climate change
of hydro schemes, heat-pumps and bio-mass boilers mostly
aim to cease using oil at as many of our mansion properties
13National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Investing in our people
Investing in our people
survey is completed by our property general managers and our
part of this survey, the Trust improved its position in the top
Developing our people
volunteers, focusing on helping our property teams to give
catering teams, and helping our property heads of departments
to improve the standards of interpretation in houses and
We continued to support our managers to become better
leaders through our ‘Future Engage and Deliver’ leadership
training our central teams and property teams for the
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14 Investing in our people
We recognise the importance of being transparent and
balance the need to use the money given to us by our members
and recruit great people to help us deliver our core purpose and
Our pay policy
Senior manager payThe pay arrangements for senior managers are not covered by
senior manager pay is determined by the Senior Management
by the Board of Trustees and oversees the remuneration
of the Director-General, the Executive Team and a group
Committee includes three members of the Board of Trustees
The Committee oversees the remuneration policy for all senior
the base pay and total remuneration of all senior managers,
data to ensure levels of remuneration remain relevant, fair and
The base salaries and the total remuneration of our senior
Director-General remunerationOur Director-General, Dame Helen Ghosh, earned a salary
large and complex organisation covering England, Wales and
government civil servants and the chief executives of medium-
15National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Our Plans for 2015/16
Our Plans for 2015/16
Going Local
properties to life for our members and visitors and to improve
Playing our part, builds on the
Playing our part goes beyond that to focus on
Looking after what we have
properties in our care and to meet their cyclical conservation
continue to invest in our let estate, and continue to reduce our
environment
Helping look after the places where people live
People love their local, everyday heritage, but budget cuts and
housing pressure mean local historic buildings and green spaces
Creating experiences of our places
Our ambition is to provide great experiences and interpretation
outdoors, and develop a number of transformational experiences
16 Financial review
Target
Improving conservation and environmental performance
Engaging supporters
Resources and skills
CPI
Growing support for what we do
17National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Financial review
Introduction
incoming resources because it is calculated before capital receipts
Statement of Financial Activities
Financial review
20.0
0.02010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
60.0
Total return investment income
Other Income
Net Gain
Projects/acquisitionsExpenditure (excludesSTC and small)
80.0
40.0
100.0
120.0
£mill
ion
Net Gain %: total ordinary income, less total ordinary expenditure expressed as a
Trend in income and expenditure
18 Financial review
We invest our funds in one or more investment pools depending on
investment policy for the General Pool is to maintain and enhance the
capital value of our assets and to produce, as far as possible, funding
In the year to 28 February 2015, the total value of all non-pension
Responsible Investment and expects its investment managers to be
acceptable codes of management conduct and practice in terms of
Investment manager Benchmark % of Pool managed at 31
March 2015
Return % Benchmark %
Legal and General FTSE All-Share Total Return Index 30MSCI All Countries World Index
RPI + 5%Capital Group RPI + 5%
RPI + 5% 11JP Morgan Asset Management IPD Property Index 1
19National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Financial review
Reserves
Our purpose is to conserve places of historic interest or natural beauty
Protecting the nation’s heritage for ever, for everyone is a massive
Inalienable properties and other properties held for preservation bring
Reserves policy
The Trust’s unrestricted reserves represent those resources that
intention is to improve our operating result and so to increase the
level of reserves – and to ensure that, as far as possible, restricted
thresholds are assessed as part of our strategic planning process,
The Trust aims to maintain its total unrestricted reserves level above
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Unrestricted Reserves
Fund – our central unrestricted reserve, property reserves and other
unrestricted reserves available to properties and those held centrally
The General Fund: £77 million (2014: £40 million)
Property Reserves and Other Designated Funds £157.5 million (2014: £138.5m) The remainder of the Trust’s unrestricted reserves are held at properties
property operating surpluses that remain after meeting the costs of
protection against income uncertainty, variability in the extent of our
20 Administration and management
Administration and management
The Board of Trustees is appointed by the Council and had 11 members
The Council appoints the Board and holds it to account, helping the
Charity Trustees have a duty to report in the Trustees’ Annual Report
appointed Council member and Trustee Orna NiChionna as Deputy
We are a founder member of the International National Trusts
conservation and enhancement of the natural and cultural heritage
co-operation, co-ordination and comradeship, INTO enables heritage
organisations to exchange information, and develops and promotes
-200.0
0.0
100.0
-100.0
200.0
300.0
400.0
500.0
600.0
£m
2013/14 £m 2014/15 £m
Endowment Restricted Designated General
Pension deficit
21National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Structure and internal control
Structure and internal control
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report
group and of the incoming resources and application of resources of
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The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the
Governance volunteersA large number of individuals are involved, all in a voluntary capacity,
all appointed by the Council under the recruitment processes set out in
The Council considers recommendations from a Nominations
and routine Board business is supplemented by seminars aimed at
22 Structure and internal control
Committees of the Board of Trustees
The Appointments Committee
The Committee recommends to us suitable candidates for committees
of the Board, chairmen of Regional/Country Advisory Boards and
The Audit Committee This assists us in discharging our oversight responsibilities, by
and compliance systems, the Trust’s internal audit function and the
external audit function, including recommending and assessing the
The Investment Committee
The Committee recommends to the Board of Trustees an appropriate
The Senior Management Remuneration CommitteeThis manages the remuneration and terms of employment of senior
The Council
The Council appoints the Board of Trustees and holds the Trustees to
Regional/Country Advisory Boards
Regional/Country Advisory Boards provide advice and support to
currently appointed by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation
are currently appointed by their Chairmen on the recommendation
Advisory Panels
The National Trust has six specialist conservation advisory panels:
are appointed by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of
During 2014/15 the Board of Trustees approved changes to the structure
and terms of reference of the Regional/Country Advisory Boards
Governance review
2014/15 the Board and Council agreed to use the ten-year anniversary
Service arrangements
All our governance volunteers described in the above groups are
23National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Structure and internal control
Historic House Hotels Limited
in turn leased by the National Trust on a long lease from the Ernest
Historic House Hotels Limited during 2013/14 and 2014/15 is set out
The National Trust (Enterprises) Limited
performs the same role as any company board, overseeing the running
The non-executive members are also members of the Commercial
performs the same role as any company board, overseeing the running
The non-executive members are also members of the Commercial Panel,
Executive Team
approval, ensures their delivery and oversees the day-to-day operation
The Board of Trustees delegates various functions to the Executive
Risk Management
operational, conservation, environmental and reputational impact
24 Structure and internal control
eliminate them and can provide only reasonable, and not absolute,
Health & safety and operational risk management
the visitor experience could be compromised by adopting an approach
25National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Thanks
Thanks
for many years as a member of the Trust’s Commercial Panel before
Since becoming Chairman I have continued to be impressed by the
the contributions of many individuals all united by our ambitions for
donors, the many members of Centres and Associations, local
funding, collaboration and ideas that partners contribute to so much
the Heritage Lottery Fund, Natural England, the SITA Trust, the Rural
Development Programme for England, players of People’s Postcode
Timothy Parker
Chairman
On behalf of the Board of Trustees
15 July 2015
26 Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
Its members – half of them elected and half appointed – are not
the Board of Trustees and discuss a range of issues important to the
Holding the Board of Trustees to account
Monitoring the performance of the Board of Trustees is the most
reductions in total consumption and increases in the proportions of
reduction one of its top three strategic priorities during the initial
farm and residential tenancies in the face of changing economic
and recognising the priority of land, landscape and nature in the
Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
27National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
CPI into property business plans so that conservation needs can be
Looking ahead
of a number of discussions intended to identify their implications
the premise that modern land use and the decline of nature present
the occupation of the places in the Trust’s care are almost as important
amongst other issues, the size and composition of the Council and
Council visit to Wales
Committees of the Council oversee the appointment of the Chairman
appointment of Trustees and overseeing the election and appointment
Having established a Nominations Committee in 2013 to begin the
28 Annual Report of the Council 2014/15
appointed as Trustees for initial terms of three years from 1 January
Association and John Hughes’ appointment by The Wildlife Trusts
Get involved
Timothy Parker
15 July 2015
Rowan Whimster
15 July 2015
29National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 The Financial Statements 2014/15
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 28 February 2015
All amounts above derive from continuing operations and the National Trust has no recognised gains or losses other than those passing through
Unrestricted Funds £’000
Restricted Funds £’000
Endowment Funds £’000
Total 2015
£’000
Total 2014
£’000
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds:Voluntary income
Appeals and giftsLegaciesOperating grants and contributions -
Activities for generating funds-
Hotel income - -Investment income
Membership income - --
Direct property income --
Other incoming resourcesOther income
Total incoming resources
Resources expendedCosts of generating funds:
Appeals and gifts -Legacies - -Enterprise costs -Hotel costs - -Investment management costs
Property operating costs
-Conservation and advisory services -Membership, recruitment, publicity and education -
Governance costs - -Total resources expended
Transfers - -
recognised gains and lossesGains on investment assets
- -Net movement in funds
421,445
30 The Financial Statements 2014/15
Balance Sheets as at 28 February 2015
Timothy Parker Orna NiChionna
Chairman Deputy Chairman
15 July 2015 15 July 2015
Consolidated The Charity
Note
Fixed assetsTangible assetsInvestments
- -
Current assets
Debtors
Total current assets
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilitiesCreditors: amounts falling due after one year
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income fundsTotal restricted fundsDesignated fundsGeneral FundUnrestricted income funds excluding pension reservePension reserveTotal unrestricted income fundsTotal charity funds
31National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 The Financial Statements 2014/15
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 28 February 2015
Note
Investment income received
Purchase of investmentsProceeds on sale of investmentsOther movements in investment cash
Financing
32 Notes to the Financial Statements
Statement of Recommended Practice
‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’
Additionally, the National Trust is
governed by Acts of Parliament – the National
Accordingly, the Trust has prepared its
An important provision set out in the Act
considers its inalienable property and other
property or personal chattels held in trust,
not to include a value for these assets in the
Fixed Assets and the capitalisation provisions
no amounts have been included in the Parent
Charity or Consolidated Balance Sheets in
The Trust has adopted the disclosure
information concerning the nature, scale
management and care of this property are
Accounting convention
going-concern basis under the historical cost
investment properties, operational properties
Basis of consolidation
consist of the Charity and its subsidiaries:
Historic House Hotels Limited and The
of the exemption available not to present
a Statement of Financial Activities for the
The assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries
are included on a line-by-line basis in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance
or losses arising on intra-group transactions
are eliminated in the Consolidated Statement
Incoming resources
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities:
• Incoming resources from generated funds
• Incoming resources from charitable activities
• Other incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds
includes appeals and gifts, legacies, operating
grants and contributions, enterprise,
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Other incoming resources include the net
gains arising on the disposal of alienable
Appeals and gifts
for on a receivable basis and is added to
the use of the income has been restricted in
and gifts income is credited to an appropriate
fund until it can be spent for the purpose
on heritage assets gifted to the Trust in
LegaciesLegacies are accounted for on a receivable
sale are included in legacy income at their
uncertainties surrounding the measurement
of the Trust’s entitlement to an estate, or
there is a prior or life interest before the
legacy comes to the Trust, no income is
Grants and contributions are accounted for
has certain and measurable entitlement to
grants relate to expenditure on property
1. Accounting Policies
33National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
energy incomeThe National Trust holds 100% of the
issued share capital of The National Trust
revenue from rooms, food and beverages is
membership fees is recognised evenly over
Investment incomeInvestment income is recorded in the period
Income that is attributable to visits that
properties is deferred and released to the
Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities
account and from there to income in ten
covenant income resulting from membership
Direct property incomeIncome reported under this heading includes
charitable trading activities, rents and
provided free of charge to the National Trust
Resources expendedAll expenditure is accounted for on an
the related expenditure, irrecoverable VAT is
either charged to the appropriate expenditure
The Consolidated Statement of Financial
categories:
• Cost of generating funds
• Charitable activities
• Governance costs
The cost of generating funds includes
core purposes of managing our properties,
Governance costs are those incurred in
of executive management and strategic
Support service costs are allocated to the
costs of generating funds, charitable activities
on the estimated time spent by the support
Property operating costs Property operating costs relate to the
day-to-day running costs of National Trust
properties and are charged to Resources
They also include short-term cyclical repair
Expenditure on property projects These costs include long-term cyclical repairs
and the costs of conservation improvement
Pension costs
the pension scheme are essentially treated
as assets and liabilities of the sponsoring
employees are recognised in the period in
of pension plan assets and liabilities are
The pension costs for the Trust’s
contribution scheme operated by Historic
House Hotels Limited, are charged in the year
Operating leasesRentals applicable to operating leases are
charged to the Consolidated Statement of
Financial Activities on a straight-line basis
over the life of the lease and to the activity
costs, hotel costs, property operating
costs, conservation and advisory services,
membership, recruitment, publicity and
1. Accounting Policies
34 Notes to the Financial Statements
purchase cost less accumulated depreciation
and treated as property operating costs or
administrative purposes are stated at cost
depreciation is charged on administrative
properties as the lives of the properties are
considered to be so long and residual values
be high enough to ensure that there is no
Trust properties to improve visitor and
any permanent diminution in the value of
Depreciation has been calculated so as
annual instalments over their useful lives,
Motor vehicles 4 years14
14
Fit-out costs 10 years15
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15
Heritage assetsThe Trust does not capitalise heritage assets
maintenance of heritage assets are charged
Investments
movement in valuation of investments is
Financial Activities and comprises both
Investment properties are included at
The investments held in the subsidiary
Stocks
average cost and net realisable value after
Funds
Unrestricted fundsThe use of these funds has not been restricted
to a particular purpose by donors or their
General Fund
Trust and is available for use at the discretion
of the Trustees in furtherance of the Charity’s
are the general administration of the Trust,
The General Fund also provides funding for
Designated funds
been allocated by the Trustees for particular
and basis of the various designated funds
Restricted fundsRestricted income funds
and the income may only be applied for the
Endowment fundsMany of the properties held for preservation
provide funds on the condition that they must
be retained in order to generate investment
maintenance of its inalienable property
and, as such, it is important that it is able
The funds transferred to create or
they are accounted for as such because the
intention is to retain these funds for the very
generally expendable and is distributed as
1. Accounting Policies
35National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
2014
Natural England 5,3343,038
Heritage Lottery FundSITA TrustForestry CommissionSport EnglandEnvironment Agency 1,540
140--
Welsh Assembly Government 320English Heritage
-South Eastern Regional College 10
31Dover District Council -European Regional Development Fund 581
311Countryside Council for Wales
154
22,453Operating grants and contributions 8,333
14,12022,453
36 Notes to the Financial Statements
Annual subscriptions
4. Direct Property Income
Charitable trading activitiesRentsAdmission fees Other property income
Company
Historic House Hotels Limited
Company Activities
The National Trust (Enterprises) Limited Retailing, events, sponsorship Share capital- -
Revaluation reserve
Hydro-electricity generation Share capital-
Historic House Hotels Limited The operation of hotels at three historic properties in England and Wales
Share capital
37National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
Income Expenditure
The National Trust (Enterprises) LimitedCommercial operationsEvents and functionsSponsorship and licences
Other activities Pension costs - -
Electricity generation -
Historic House Hotels LimitedHotel activities
National Trust Magazine.
Income Expenditure2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014
£’000 £’000 £’000
CateringHoliday cottagesOther 5,225Total charitable trading activities 51,481
Total contribution from charitable trading and subsidiaries 134,820
38 Notes to the Financial Statements
7. Other Income
Net gains on disposal of property and insurance claims
8. Expenditure
Depreciation and movement in provision for impairment
Operating leases: Land and buildings Motor vehicles
Auditors' fees and expenses:
Other services18
Other services – taxation -Irrecoverable Value Added Tax
9. Remuneration of Trustees
2015 2014Regular Seasonal Regular Seasonal
Wages and salariesEmployers’ social security costsEmployers’ pension contributions
39National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
20
2015 2015 (excluding redundancy)
2014 2014
- - -- - -
- -
43 41 35
By activity
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40 Notes to the Financial Statements
11. Resources Expend
RestatedNote Depreciation Other direct
costsSupport services
Total Total
Cost of generating fundsAppeals and gifts -Legacies - -
- -Hotel costs -Investment management fees - - -Total cost of generating funds
Property operating costs
- -Conservation and advisory servicesMembership, recruitment, publicity and education
Governance costs -
Total resources expended
Historic buildings and collections Coast and countryside Gardens
Long-term cyclical
41National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
These costs relate to supporter development costs and include three issues of the National Trust Magazine
recruitment education Total Total
DepreciationLiteratureMembership processing -Recruitment -Support servicesProfessional fees
OtherTotal
14. Support Services
Administration and other
HR and Legal
Information Systems and Services Finance
Total Total
ActivityAppeals, gifts and legaciesProperty operating costs
- -Conservation and advisory servicesMembership, recruitment, publicity and educationGovernance costsTotal
42 Notes to the Financial Statements
15. Governance costs
AGM and Annual ReportInternal auditSupport servicesCommittee and panel expenses External auditOther
16. Analysis of Funds
Balance at 1 Mar 2014
Total incoming resources
Total resources expended
Net incoming /(outgoing)
resources
Transfers Net gains on Investment
assets
Actuarial losses
Balance at
General Fund -Designated funds: -
- -Fixed Asset Reserve - - - - -Other designated funds -Total designated funds -Pension reserve - - -Total unrestricted fundsRestricted income funds -
-Total funds -
43National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
16. Analysis of Funds
Note General Fund
Strategic
Fund
Fixed Asset
Reserve
Other designated
funds
Total designated
funds
Total unrestricted
funds
Restricted funds
Endowment funds
To Fixed Asset Reserve
a - - - -
To augment b - - - - -
To support property expenditure
c -
Property sale proceeds
d -
Investment income e -
-
Transfer of Strategic
General Fund
f - - - - - -
Other transfers g -
Total transfers 1,354
Explanation of transfers:
Accumulated property reservesChattels fundsInvestment property funds
44 Notes to the Financial Statements
Consolidated
General Fund
Designated funds
Pension reserve
Total unrestricted
funds
Restrictedincome
funds
Endowment funds
Total Total
-Investments -
- - -Debtors -
- - -Current assets -Creditors: amounts falling due - - -
Net current assets -Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
- - - -
liability- - - -
The Charity
General Fund
Designated funds
Pension reserve
Total unrestricted
funds
Restrictedincome
funds
Endowment funds
Total Total
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000-
Investments - 1,024,834Investment in subsidiaries - - - - -
- - 976 - - 976 1,202Debtors - 25
- - - -Current assets - 25Creditors: amounts falling due - - -
- 25Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
- - - -
scheme liability
- - - -
45National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
Consolidated
Freeholdproperty
Plant andequipment
Motor vehicles
Property Development
Assetsunder
construction
Total
Cost as at 1 March 2014Additions -Disposals - -Transfers - - -Cost as at 28 February 2015Accumulated provision for depreciation/impairment as at 1 March 2014
-
Movement in provision for impairment - - - -Charge for the year - -Disposals - - -Accumulated provision for depreciation/impairment as at 28 February 2015
-
The Charity
Freeholdproperty
Plant andequipment
Motorvehicles
Property Development
Assets under
construction
Total
Cost as at 1 March 2014Additions -Disposals - -Transfers - - -Cost as at 28 February 2015Accumulated provision for depreciation/impairment as at 1 March 2014
-
Movement in provision for impairment - - - -Charge for the year - -Disposals - - -Accumulated provision for depreciation/impairment as at 28 February 2015
-
46 Notes to the Financial Statements
19. Heritage Assets
National Trust countryside property is designated at many levels
The Trust’s acquisition policy
• The property must be of national importance because of its
natural beauty or historic interest
•
• The property should normally be under threat
•
• Indigenous contents for its historic buildings
•
•
and mills, 12 lighthouses, 35 pubs, the sites of many factories and mines,
The total insurance reinstatement value of our historic buildings
Coast and countryside
of land,22
into let land and land in-hand:
Area (Ha)
Area (Ac)
Let estateIn-hand
Area Area(ha) (ac)
National Trust managed agricultural land*Common landWoodlandMoorland
Collections
Quantity
Ceramics and glass
TextilesFurniture Photographs
Painting and sculptureOtherTotal
20. Heritage
47National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
19. Heritage Assets
Historic buildings Coast and countrysideCollections
FundingGrants - - - -General FundRestricted and designated fundsTotal funds
20. Investments and Cash at Bank and in Hand
Returns from investments
total return distributions comprise income and capital, only actual income earned in the form of interest and dividends is reported as investment
Actual income earned
Capital gains
properties and funds
Movements to income
reserves
Less investment
management costs
to properties
Charity Commission Scheme-
--
Total endowment fundsOther funds invested on a total return basis -Other funds -Total funds
48 Notes to the Financial Statements
£m
Increase in value due to capital gains in year
Analysis of consolidated investments
Market Value IncomeAs at As at
Property unit trusts
Commodity and hedge fundsDeposits and cash Investment properties
20. Investments and Cash at Bank and in Hand
49National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
Movement in market value of investments
Additions at cost
Other movements in Investment cash
Net gain on investment assets
21. Stocks and work in progress
Consolidated The Charity
Building materials Other
Consolidated The Charity
Amounts falling due within one year:RentsGrants
- -Other debtors Legacies receivableTax recoverablePrepayments and accrued income
20. Investments and Cash at Bank and in Hand
50 Notes to the Financial Statements
23. Creditors
Consolidated The Charity
Amounts falling due within one year:- -
Taxation and social securityOther creditorsDeferred incomeAccruals
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
income
Holiday cottage income
Lease premiums
Other deferred
incomeTotal 2015
Total 2014
Deferred income as at 1 March
Amounts released during the yearAmounts deferred during the yearDeferred income as at 28 February
51National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
24. Consolidated Cash Flow
Investment income Depreciation charge and movement in provision for impairment Receipt of investments arising from legacies
Investments Total
Balance at 1 March 2014-
Net purchases of investments -Non-cash changes:
-
Realised/unrealised gains on investments -Balance at 28 February 2015
52
Rate of increase in pensionable salaries
Discount rate
2015 2014 2013% % %7.1
Government bonds 2.42.2
Other 0.6
Government bonds
Other
Fair value of Scheme assetsPresent value of funded Scheme liabilitiesNet pension liability
Notes to the Financial Statements
53National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Notes to the Financial Statements
Present value of Scheme liabilities at 1 March Current service costInterest costContributions by Scheme participantsActuarial loss on Scheme liabilities
Past service costPresent value of Scheme liabilities at 28 February
Changes to the fair value of Scheme assets during the year:
Fair value of Scheme assets at 1 March Expected return on Scheme assets
Contributions by the employer Contributions by Scheme participants
Fair value of Scheme assets at 28 February
The amounts recognised in net (outgoing)/incoming resources are as follows:
Current service costPast service costInterest costExpected return on Scheme assetsExpense recognised in net outgoing resources
Actual return on Scheme assets:
Expected return on Scheme assets
Actual return on Scheme assets
Analysis of amount recognised in Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA):
Total actuarial lossTotal loss recognised in SoFACumulative amount of losses recognised in SoFA
Fair value of Scheme assetsPresent value of Scheme liabilities
Experience gains and losses:
54 Notes to the Financial Statements
26. Financial Commitments
2015 2015 2014 2014Consolidated Motor vehicles Land and buildings Motor vehicles
Within one year
- -
2015 2015 2014 2014The Charity Motor vehicles Land and buildings Motor vehicles
Within one year
- -
27. Taxation
28. Legacies
55National Trust Annual Report 2014/15
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
x)
xi)
xii)
xiii)
xiv)
xv)
xvi)
Notes to the Financial Statements
29. Related Party Transactions
and of FRS 8 – Related Party Transactions and believes that the
Trustee transactions:
Mr C Rodrigues, a member of the Council and a Trustee, is the
year, sales of National Trust passes and Great British Heritage
Other transactions:
During the year the Trust used the services of Ashmead Price
member of the Architectural Panel, is a director of Ashmead
During the year the Trust used the architectural and historic
During the year the Trust used the services of Dominic Cole
Mr N Cox is a member of the Architectural Panel and during the
year provided consultancy services to the Trust at a total cost of
During the year the Trust used the catering consultancy services
Ms J Dean, a Commercial Panel member, is a director of Jane
Mr N Ford, a member of the Rural Enterprise Advisory Panel, is
Ms C George, a member of the Council, is a tenant of the
year the Trust used Giddy Goat Productions at a total cost of
Mr R Hillier, a Council member, is Chairman of Hillier Nurseries
During the year the Trust used the conservation services of
Jonathan Lovie for historic landscape research at a cost of
56
xvii)
xviii)
xix)
xx)
xxi)
xxii)
Notes to the Financial Statements
30. Related Party Transactions
Mr H P Matheson, formerly a member of the Investment
Mr N Pearson is a member of the Trust’s Rural Enterprises Panel
and a director and shareholder of Nicholas Pearson Associates
the year the Trust used the consultancy services of Nicholas
Pearson Associates Limited and Nicholas Pearson Partnership
LLP for landscape design and management at a number of Trust
Mr D A C Scott is a member of the Council and a tenant of the
Ms M C St Aubyn, a member of the donor family at St Michael’s
During the year the Trust used the services of Teasdale
landscape architect practising under the trading name Teasdale
provided services during 2014 under the trading name Heritage
all other related party transactions disclosed by individuals considered
57National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Independent Auditors’ Report to the Trustees of the National Trust
Our opinion
•
•
•
What we have audited
• • • •
•
• •
Independent Auditors’ Report to the Trustees of the National Trust
58 Independent Auditors’ Report to the Trustees of the National Trust
• •
Other information in the Annual Report
As explained more fully in the Trustees’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 21, the Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Bristol
15 July 2015
Independent Auditors’ Report to the Trustees of the National Trust
59National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 The Trust’s Advisers
The Trust’s Advisers
Bankers
London E14 5HP
Investment Advisers
J P Morgan Asset Management Ltd, 20 Finsbury Street,
London EC4V 4LA
London EC4V 3RL
Legal and General Investment Management, One Coleman Street,
London EC2R 5AA
Capital Group, 40 Grosvenor Place,
Independent Auditors
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors,
31 Great George Street,
Bristol BS1 5QD
60
Term Where Used ExplanationActuarial Valuation PensionsBacklog TasksConservation and Advisory Services
Properties Conservation and advisory services consist of the extensive advisory and research services provided by the Trust in relation to conservation of its historic buildings and
Current Service Costs PensionsCyclicalDesignated Funds FundsDiscount Rate PensionsEndowment Funds Funds Investment funds established for properties to provide income over the long term to
fund their maintenance – these funds may have been received as a gift or established by
Fixed Asset Reserve Funds
General Fund Funds
Heritage Assets Assets
Assets
Net Gain Board of Trustees’ Report Net Gain is total ordinary income, less total ordinary expenditure expressed as a
Past Service Costs PensionsExpenditure on Properties
Property Development Properties
Property reserves Properties and Funds
Restricted Income Funds
Funds
Funds
Total Return Investments
Unapplied Total Return InvestmentsUnrestricted Funds Funds
Unrestricted Legacy Receipts
Legacies
61National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Net Gain
Net Gain
NoteOrdinary incomeMembership income Rents receivedAdmission feesInvestment income Charitable and other trading contributionAppeals and giftsOperating grants and contributionsOther operating income23
Exceptional income24 - -Total ordinary income
Ordinary expenditureAppeals, gifts and legaciesProperty operating costs
Deduct Charitable trading costsConservation and advisory servicesMembership, recruitment, publicity and educationSupport service costsGovernance costs
25
Exceptional expenditure - -Total ordinary expenditure Net Gain £mNet Gain %
Reconciliation of Net Gain to Net Incoming/(Outgoing) Resources in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities
Note
Net Gain Less investment income distributed under total return policyLegacies
Gains on disposal of property and insurance claims
Other costs and exceptional itemsNet (outgoing)/incoming resources per SoFA
62 Governance of the National Trust
Panels and Executive Team
Governance of the National Trust
Trustees
Orna NiChionna, Clare Broom Caroline Goodall
Nichola Johnson OBEChristopher Rodrigues CBE
John Sell CBE (from January 2015)David Smart (from January 2015)
Charles Gurassa (until August 2014)
Council Chairman
Orna NiChionna,
British Archaeology)Stephen Anderson Sophie Andreae Peter Bate Clare Broom
Barbara Cooper CBE Rosie Corner Gillian Darley of Ancient Buildings)Tamasin Davies Sir Richard FitzHerbert Bt Tom Flood CBE Jonica Fox Cristina George Dr John Godfrey Caroline Goodall Sarah Haidry Elly Hannigan Popp Grisilda Harrison of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies) Robert Hillier OBE John Hughes
Valerie Humphrey Nichola Johnson OBE Dr David Leigh John Lloyd Jones OBE Irving Lord Jonathan Lovie John Lyon Fay Mansell OBE
Rodney Morgan-Giles & Business Association)
Robin Page Beverley Penney
Christopher Rodrigues CBE
David Scott Bella Slator Michael Sly David Smart
Rupert Thorp
Dylan Williams Frances Williams Roseanne Williams
* In June 2014 the Council agreed that Natural Resources Wales should replace the Countryside Council for Wales as an appointing body
Confederation of British Industry
63National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Governance of the National Trust
Panels and Executive Team
Committees of the Board
Appointments CommitteeNichola Johnson OBE, ChairmanMartin Gray
Audit CommitteeCaroline Goodall, ChairmanOrna NiChionna
Investment CommitteeDavid Smart, Chairman
Neil HonebonOrna NiChionnaVictoria Sant
Senior Management Remuneration Committee
ChairmanDavid ConroyCarrie GilmoreOrna NiChionnaChristopher Rodrigues CBE
Committees of the Council
Nominations Committee for the appointment of TrusteesJohn Hughes, ChairmanValerie HumphreyDinah NicholsDavid Scott
Nominations Committee for elections to the CouncilNichola Johnson OBE, Chairman
Sarah HaidryGrisilda Harrison
Regional and Country Advisory Boards
East of EnglandAnthea Case CBE, Chairman
Brian AyersAnn BartleetJohn Burton
Hilary FerryLouise FosterChristine FrazerMichael RandsPeter StuddertRichard SymesVanessa Trevelyan
London & South EastDavid Coleman, Chairman
Charles AnsonSue BerryChloe Bird
Roger LeechJill Preston
MidlandsChairman
Anthony Hams
Rita McLean
Jenni Waugh
Northern IrelandRoy Bailie OBE, ChairmanPeter Allen
David Flinn
John Gilmour
Joanna McVey OBEDr Sally MontgomeryWilliam Osborne
Susan Ward
North WestDavid Thornton OBE, Acting ChairmanHelen Carey OBEAnna Cooper
Jolyon Dodgson
Dr Will Williams
South WestClare Broom, Chairman
Nina BellSteve Jarvis
Adrian PhillipsMary St AubynSimon Timms
Wales
Chairman
Ben HerbertSara MoseleyBeverley Penney Jean ReaderDei TomosNic Wheeler OBE
Yorkshire & the North EastChairman (vacant)David Carruthers
Fiona FellCassandra FergusonAlison Gibson
Advisory Panels
Dr Adrian Olivier, Chairman
Dr Amanda ChadburnVeronica FioratoNiall HammondHelen Maclagan
Melanie Pomeroy-
Sian Rees CBE
Dr John Williams MBE
Architectural Panel Catherine Graham- Harrison OBE, ChairmanDr Malcolm AirsSarah AshmeadPeter Beacham
Gillian DarleyPtolemy DeanJulie Godefroy
Hannah ParhamSam PriceRobin Snell
Arts Panel Lisa White, ChairmanDr Reinier BaarsenMartin Drury CBEJonathan Harris
Dr David LeighClare MeredithDr David PearsonFrancis RussellDame Rosalind Savill DBE
Anthony Wells-Cole
Commercial PanelJill Little, Interim ChairmanAlice Avis MBEJane Dean
Peter Vicary-Smith
Gardens & Parks PanelChairman
Lady Alice BoydPaul CampbellSteve FancourtJane Hasell-McCoshDavid LambertMichael LearDr Anthony LordJohn PhibbsTim RichardsonJudith Teasdale
Rural Enterprise PanelTim Moore, ChairmanLady Sara Aubrey-FletcherChristopher Boyle
Annette Cotter
George DunnNicholas FordJohn Lloyd Jones OBENicholas Pearson
Guy TrehaneAlan Yates
Learning & Engagement PanelPaul Manners, ChairmanNina Bell
Don Henson
Doug Hulyer
Lesley MorisettiSusan O’Gorman
64 Governance of the National Trust / 2014 Annual General Meeting
Natural Environment Panel
Chairman
Alastair Driver
Tony Hams OBE
Dr Barbara Jones
Dr Stephen TillingDr Will Williams
Board of Historic House Hotels Limited
Richard Broyd OBE, ChairmanLionel Chatard
Chris FeeneyHarry Heeley
Sarah StaniforthJonathan Thompson
Board of The National Trust (Enterprises) Limited
ChairmanDeirdre Evans
Hilary McGrady
Tim Butler, Company Secretary
Board of The National
ChairmanDeirdre Evans
Hilary McGrady
Tim Butler, Company Secretary
Executive Team
Dame Helen Ghosh DCB, Director-General
Director of Finance
Sarah Flannigan,
Director of Brand and Marketing
Director of People and Legal Services
Hilary McGrady, Director of Operations and Consultancy
Simon Murray, Senior Director of Strategy, Curatorship and External
Peter Nixon, Director of Land, Landscape and Nature
Director of Supporter Development
The Board of Trustees, the Council and Executive Team are supported by Paul Boniface, The
Executive Team
2014 Annual General Meeting
membership to over 4 million and increased visits to properties by 30%
decisions about presentation had been made, such as the restoration
of Avebury Manor and the opening of the Big Brother house in London
boundaries of presentation, and many visitors had commented on
seen more discretion delegated to property managers, and specialist
to continue to uphold the legacy of the Trust’s founders – to preserve
65National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 2014 Annual General Meeting
played a very important role here, and the Board had recently signed
proposals covering boundaries and adverse possession, actions or
supported by illustrative posters be located in National Trust properties
its members and visitors of the connections some of its properties
The group of members’ resolutions on access and transparency
systems at various properties, but the rigidity that the resolution
the Trust’s countryside properties did provide the access proposed,
bird breeding and migration sites needed protection and some places
28 The remaining
2014 Annual General Meeting
66 2014 Annual General Meeting
Resolution to adopt the Annual Report and Financial Statements
for 2013/14
Result: carried on a show of hands
Resolution to approve the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting
Result: carried on a show of hands
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
community consultation
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
National Trust properties
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Result: not carried
For Against
DiscretionaryTotal
Candidate Elected/Re-electedRoy GentryDavid Allott
2,5453,184
Susanna Wade Martins 1,842Hugh WatersTamasin Davies Elected
Arabella Slator ElectedPeter Thompson 3,888Elizabeth WhitehouseSteve Anderson ElectedGuy Trehane 5,134Peter Waine 3,218Anne CasementFrances Williams Re-electedDavid Scott Re-electedSimon RobinsonIan Marshall
Re-electedJill May
Re-elected
2014 Annual General Meeting
67National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Year on record
Year on record
East of England
Property
Chattels
An early eighteenth-century crib
A portrait miniature of Sir
after Holbein, oil on ivory,
purchased at auction at Adam’s,
Dublin, for €2,014 including
a member of Queen Mary I’s
Privy Council and Lieutenant of
Essex
A group of three etchings by Cyril
include the exterior of the house,
husband commissioned Humphry
Repton to redesign the landscape
busts, Italian, seventeenth-
century, in ancient Roman style,
representing the emperors
contributions from funds set up
Levy, and from other gifts and
tax and allocated to Wimpole
A half-length portrait of the
attributed to Thomas Hudson
second son of the 1st Earl of
of him, at the time he became
A collection of 24 assorted
eighteenth- and nineteenth-
Chelsea, Derby, Höchst, Meissen,
porcelain, it is also in harmony
London & South East
Property
scrub land at South Foreland
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
comprising the cottage tenants car
Land at Standen House and
West Sussex
Chattels
A group of 35 paintings by Sir
manuscript and 11 other items
including furniture, robes,
medals and insignia, silver
and photographs associated
Clementine, Lady Churchill
of inheritance tax on the estate
the National Trust for display at
provenance from the Colyer-
silver christening font, a Bible
presented to Jane Porteous
parishioners of West Linton and
a pair of Victorian glass vases,
had been sold from Ightham
68 Year on record
a provenance from Gilbert
Regency mahogany card-table,
from the Messel family at
auction at Wotton Auction
Rooms, Wotton-under-Edge, for
century ivory or bone handles,
as a gift for his mother, Maud
A painting by John Glover
A Lake Landscape
with a Shepherd and with Cattle
and Goats in the Foreground, oil
buyer’s premium, supported by
Simon Sainsbury and by various
the architect and designer
by HM Government in lieu of
permanently allocated in 2014,
role as designer of Red House
Hampshire
partly funded from gifts and
for the painting Reveille
is part of the cycle of pictures
West Sussex
A door curtain in William
a provenance from Standen,
including buyer’s premium, partly
purchased from the Trustees of
Although the chairs have no
provenance from Standen,
their Arts and Crafts style is
A portrait of Samuel Beale, MP
mayor of Birmingham in 1841, MP
for Derby and chairman of the
A large silver salver by John
from Christopher Hartop for
part of the collection of silver
Midlands
Property
St Bartholomew’s Church and
Shropshire
from the Church of England
Church and churchyard, a
seventeenth-century, Grade II*
listed building in the middle of
of a three-bedroom detached
residential property including
neighbouring farm to prevent
development and secure access
Chattels
Le Imagini
de i Dei de gli Antichi by
Rome exactly
, by Ferrare du Tot,
The contents, donated
Northamptonshire
A copy of Eikon Basilike
provenance from Canons Ashby,
69National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Year on record
around the time of their marriage
A set of ten late eighteenth-
century Sèvres porcelain soup
the Vernon family of Sudbury,
Wolverhampton
entitled Beauty and the Bird,
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
the property by Virginia Surtees,
great-granddaughter of the
sitter, in memory of Lady Rosalie
North West
Property
Chattels
and originally part of the silver
collection of George Booth, 2nd
A version of a portrait of Robert
version had descended in the
as ‘the people’s magistrate’ for
his enlightened approach as a
Northern Ireland
Property
Chattels
The contents of the library at
Foundation, the B H Breslauer
Foundation, the Northern Ireland
Museums Council, the Friends
of the National Libraries and
and cultural interests of the
A double portrait of Frances
Anne, Marchioness of
son Charles, Viscount Seaham,
full-length, by Sir Thomas
accepted by HM Government
in lieu of inheritance tax and
allocated to the National Trust
lieu: a double portrait of Lady
she as St Cecilia, beside a
at the coronation of George IV,
South West
Property
Hill National Nature Reserve and
Funded from a Natural England
Land Purchase grant and the Miss
Hambledon Hill for use as a
Dorset
the National Trust’s Hardy
Monument, enabling access to
the monument and comprising
Dulcie Doreen Walmsley, sister of
70 Year on record
Cornwall
of public conveniences from
surrounded by NT land and
Chattels
A portrait of Henry Chichester
younger son of Henry Chichester
Rienzi
Lytton, Leipzig, 1842, and Stuart
of Dunleath by Mrs Norton,
name of Catherine Chichester,
Somerset
a provenance from Clevedon
Court, including paintings, prints,
photographs, printed ephemera,
silver, ceramics, glass and garden
A painting of Clevedon Court by
at auction at Reeman Dansie,
Gloucestershire
A Lover’s
Miscellany by Giles Jacob,
supported by a donation from
Trust Fund and by a donation
contains a poem on Dyrham
and fruit arranged on a stone
plinth in a garden, by Cornelis de
funded by contributions from
the National Heritage Memorial
Foundation and an individual
to decorate the Gothic ‘chapel’
he created in his set of rooms
Wales
Property
outbuildings for commercial and
Chattels
An Introduction to Physiological
and Systematic Botany, London,
Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
and J White, second edition,
A full-length portrait of Sir
Tredegar in military costume,
purchased by private treaty for
sold from the house in the mid-
Yorkshire and the North East
Property
Buckden Beck Water Treatment
North Yorkshire
to consolidate National Trust
the creation of a hydro-electric
Chattels
A group of ephemera relating
include a letter from the 1st Lord
1881 discussing the lighting of
Cragside using hydro-electricity,
the Siemens dynamo-electric
lamps, a Cragside meter-reading
of glass photographic negatives
A mahogany bi-fold screen by
John Henry Dearle and May
buyer’s premium, funded by a
private donation and other gifts
A group of ceramics, a painting
from Wallington have been
67National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Year on record
Year on record
East of England
Property
Chattels
An early eighteenth-century crib
A portrait miniature of Sir
after Holbein, oil on ivory,
purchased at auction at Adam’s,
Dublin, for €2,014 including
a member of Queen Mary I’s
Privy Council and Lieutenant of
Essex
A group of three etchings by Cyril
include the exterior of the house,
husband commissioned Humphry
Repton to redesign the landscape
busts, Italian, seventeenth-
century, in ancient Roman style,
representing the emperors
contributions from funds set up
Levy, and from other gifts and
tax and allocated to Wimpole
A half-length portrait of the
attributed to Thomas Hudson
second son of the 1st Earl of
of him, at the time he became
A collection of 24 assorted
eighteenth- and nineteenth-
Chelsea, Derby, Höchst, Meissen,
porcelain, it is also in harmony
London & South East
Property
scrub land at South Foreland
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
comprising the cottage tenants car
Land at Standen House and
West Sussex
Chattels
A group of 35 paintings by Sir
manuscript and 11 other items
including furniture, robes,
medals and insignia, silver
and photographs associated
Clementine, Lady Churchill
of inheritance tax on the estate
the National Trust for display at
provenance from the Colyer-
silver christening font, a Bible
presented to Jane Porteous
parishioners of West Linton and
a pair of Victorian glass vases,
had been sold from Ightham
68 Year on record
a provenance from Gilbert
Regency mahogany card-table,
from the Messel family at
auction at Wotton Auction
Rooms, Wotton-under-Edge, for
century ivory or bone handles,
as a gift for his mother, Maud
A painting by John Glover
A Lake Landscape
with a Shepherd and with Cattle
and Goats in the Foreground, oil
buyer’s premium, supported by
Simon Sainsbury and by various
the architect and designer
by HM Government in lieu of
permanently allocated in 2014,
role as designer of Red House
Hampshire
partly funded from gifts and
for the painting Reveille
is part of the cycle of pictures
West Sussex
A door curtain in William
a provenance from Standen,
including buyer’s premium, partly
purchased from the Trustees of
Although the chairs have no
provenance from Standen,
their Arts and Crafts style is
A portrait of Samuel Beale, MP
mayor of Birmingham in 1841, MP
for Derby and chairman of the
A large silver salver by John
from Christopher Hartop for
part of the collection of silver
Midlands
Property
St Bartholomew’s Church and
Shropshire
from the Church of England
Church and churchyard, a
seventeenth-century, Grade II*
listed building in the middle of
of a three-bedroom detached
residential property including
neighbouring farm to prevent
development and secure access
Chattels
Le Imagini
de i Dei de gli Antichi by
Rome exactly
, by Ferrare du Tot,
The contents, donated
Northamptonshire
A copy of Eikon Basilike
provenance from Canons Ashby,
69National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Year on record
around the time of their marriage
A set of ten late eighteenth-
century Sèvres porcelain soup
the Vernon family of Sudbury,
Wolverhampton
entitled Beauty and the Bird,
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
the property by Virginia Surtees,
great-granddaughter of the
sitter, in memory of Lady Rosalie
North West
Property
Chattels
and originally part of the silver
collection of George Booth, 2nd
A version of a portrait of Robert
version had descended in the
as ‘the people’s magistrate’ for
his enlightened approach as a
Northern Ireland
Property
Chattels
The contents of the library at
Foundation, the B H Breslauer
Foundation, the Northern Ireland
Museums Council, the Friends
of the National Libraries and
and cultural interests of the
A double portrait of Frances
Anne, Marchioness of
son Charles, Viscount Seaham,
full-length, by Sir Thomas
accepted by HM Government
in lieu of inheritance tax and
allocated to the National Trust
lieu: a double portrait of Lady
she as St Cecilia, beside a
at the coronation of George IV,
South West
Property
Hill National Nature Reserve and
Funded from a Natural England
Land Purchase grant and the Miss
Hambledon Hill for use as a
Dorset
the National Trust’s Hardy
Monument, enabling access to
the monument and comprising
Dulcie Doreen Walmsley, sister of
70 Year on record
Cornwall
of public conveniences from
surrounded by NT land and
Chattels
A portrait of Henry Chichester
younger son of Henry Chichester
Rienzi
Lytton, Leipzig, 1842, and Stuart
of Dunleath by Mrs Norton,
name of Catherine Chichester,
Somerset
a provenance from Clevedon
Court, including paintings, prints,
photographs, printed ephemera,
silver, ceramics, glass and garden
A painting of Clevedon Court by
at auction at Reeman Dansie,
Gloucestershire
A Lover’s
Miscellany by Giles Jacob,
supported by a donation from
Trust Fund and by a donation
contains a poem on Dyrham
and fruit arranged on a stone
plinth in a garden, by Cornelis de
funded by contributions from
the National Heritage Memorial
Foundation and an individual
to decorate the Gothic ‘chapel’
he created in his set of rooms
Wales
Property
outbuildings for commercial and
Chattels
An Introduction to Physiological
and Systematic Botany, London,
Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
and J White, second edition,
A full-length portrait of Sir
Tredegar in military costume,
purchased by private treaty for
sold from the house in the mid-
Yorkshire and the North East
Property
Buckden Beck Water Treatment
North Yorkshire
to consolidate National Trust
the creation of a hydro-electric
Chattels
A group of ephemera relating
include a letter from the 1st Lord
1881 discussing the lighting of
Cragside using hydro-electricity,
the Siemens dynamo-electric
lamps, a Cragside meter-reading
of glass photographic negatives
A mahogany bi-fold screen by
John Henry Dearle and May
buyer’s premium, funded by a
private donation and other gifts
A group of ceramics, a painting
from Wallington have been
71National Trust Annual Report 2014/15 Year on record
Properties open at a charge with more than 50,000 visitors in 2014/15.29
Property 2014/15 2013/14Giant's Causeway 549,066 504,405Stourhead 405,572 389,294Cliveden 404,702 419,788Attingham Park 394,334 371,905Fountains Abbey Estate 373,364 344,113Polesden Lacey 346,587 310,880Dunham Massey 340,929 226,313Nymans 323,268 263,388Carrick-a-Rede 323,188 266,542Belton House 321,776 305,181Anglesey Abbey 316,469 285,709Calke Abbey 314,151 270,068St. Michael's Mount 299,360 301,916Mottisfont 286,510 262,244Kingston Lacy 270,099 241,044Gibside 242,490 196,021Corfe Castle 234,671 218,832Chartwell 233,965 211,835
232,277 195,585225,501 220,318
Ickworth 217,024 196,660Cragside 216,903 201,793Lanhydrock 212,755 209,761Hardwick Hall 212,547 221,578Killerton 205,647 187,509Wallington 203,426 195,322Bodnant Garden 193,415 176,514Baddesley Clinton 191,556 194,222Dyrham Park 190,906 167,526Charlecote Park 187,524 168,738Claremont Landscape Garden 186,694 172,671The Vyne 181,081 166,111Sissinghurst Castle Garden 180,766 181,768Bodiam Castle 176,158 159,467Hidcote 174,689 163,361Quarry Bank 174,280 173,569Croome 171,952 140,686Packwood 170,697 95,801Stowe 169,701 147,410Lacock 168,074 153,333Petworth House and Park 161,341 148,947Mount Stewart 157,331 155,114Trelissick 157,237 127,507Sudbury Hall 151,133 147,887Blickling Estate 151,039 146,256Wimpole Home Farm 149,737 135,892Dunster Castle 149,564 146,630Knightshayes 146,713 120,385Cotehele 145,132 136,392Hanbury Hall and Gardens 140,469 119,881Scotney Castle 140,243 132,473Ightham Mote 135,614 107,483Montacute House 135,211 124,896Wimpole Estate 134,305 157,353Beningbrough Hall 132,344 127,462Erddig 130,349 146,129Brownsea Island 130,070 122,466Greys Court 129,678 89,554Castle Ward 129,466 135,205Knole 126,941 116,681Basildon Park 126,466 104,059Chirk Castle 126,223 127,009Powis Castle 126,007 112,673
Speke Hall 123,714 106,355Nostell Priory 118,193 110,084Kedleston Hall 117,699 119,671Hinton Ampner 117,230 110,707Lyme Park 117,010 109,360Ham House 114,662 101,827Plas Newydd 113,061 92,651Coughton Court 111,741 108,841
Hall, Gardens and Estate 110,871 102,416Winkworth Aboretum 110,575 100,335Avebury 109,988 122,600Standen House and Garden 109,756 84,323Bateman's 109,114 92,567Hughenden 107,942 95,811Sutton Hoo 104,540 84,697Sizergh 103,195 83,652Upton House and Gardens 102,631 105,373Hilltop 95,627 102,015Biddulph Grange Garden 95,261 76,906Penrhyn Castle 93,587 89,113Barrington Court 93,505 89,997Coleton Fishacre 89,602 81,948Castle Drogo 89,493 97,586Greenway 88,786 91,854Lindisfarne Castle 88,642 84,942Emmetts Garden 86,472 79,741Saltram 85,682 65,062Glendurgan Garden 85,273 80,474Snowshill Manor and Garden 83,647 86,610Dudmaston Estate 83,123 70,267Arlington Court 82,997 84,700Buckland Abbey 81,832 79,693Little Moreton Hall 80,169 78,169Wray Castle 78,922 71,982Croft Castle and Parkland 78,512 73,347Tredegar House 77,661 66,856Hatchlands 76,997 73,585Chedworth Roman Villa 76,880 71,748Wightwick Manor 76,029 75,755Oxburgh Hall 75,437 79,906Berrington Hall 73,630 66,853
Gardens 71,569 68,360Osterley Park and House 70,525 62,213Trerice 69,459 68,705Rowallane Garden 65,338 53,957Nunnington Hall 62,504 59,591Lydford Gorge 60,881 60,975Canons Ashby 57,184 54,738Uppark House and Garden 56,880 52,444Clandon Park 56,408 52,661Wicken Fen 55,836 50,117Lytes Cary Manor 55,788 48,756Trengwainton Garden 54,595 50,626Brockhampton Estate 54,139 47,948The Needles 53,943 53,954A la Ronde 52,789 54,430Farne Islands 52,263 52,669The Courts Garden 51,888 45,256Seaton Delaval Hall 51,352 56,519Clumber Park 50,846 43,809Treasurer's House (York) 50,711 44,761Tattershall Castle 50,532 43,704
Visits to Wakehurst Place are not included in our reported visitors numbers as they are supported and managed by Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Visits to Waddesdon Manor are also not included in our reported visitor numbers as they are supported and independently managed by The Rothschild Foundation. Waddesdon attracted over 360,000 visitors in the 2014/15 year which would place it amongst the Trust’s top 10 visited properties.
72 Year on record
Susan Aust
35 years
Martin AtkinsonGeneral Manager
Edwin Blunt
Birmingham Conurbation
Janet Burton
Belton House20 years
Eric CrossBuilding Craftsperson (Mason)
48 years
Richard DeanCurator
30 years
Estate Team Supervisor
23 years
Carol DoughertyAdministrator
21 years
Waddesdon Manor20 years
Nicola GraceAssistant Director Operations
33 years
Gardener
38 years
Brian HolmanGardener-in-ChargeAvebury
Moira HoppingRetail ManagerNymans20 years
Derek LovelessRanger
32 years
Buttermere35 years
Ann MitchellBusiness Support Co-ordinatorTisbury Hub20 years
Brian MuelanerForestry AdviserHeelis
General ManagerNorth Devon34 years
Denis ScottBuilding Supervisor (Carpenter/Joiner)Wallington22 years
Adrian ShawDredger Master
22 years
David Stone
Mottisfont Abbey
John WaltonProperty ManagerFarne Islands24 years
Christine WardBusiness Support Co-ordinator
20 years
Philip Willcocks
Bodmin Estate Yard22 years
Retirements
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National
2014 Responding to
solutions provider category
House, London, Dunster Castle, Somerset,
Lancashire and Moseley
East of England
Anglian Water Business
‘Turning the Tide’
London & South East
Local Authority Building
Traditional Craftsmanship – West Wycombe
Midlands
Derbyshire Heritage
interpretation for ‘Stitches in Time’
Hall, Derbyshire
Lincolnshire Heritage
on a Limited Budget – ‘A Woolsthorpe Wedding/
Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
South West
Excellence 2014, Small Visitor Attraction of the
to Coleridge Cottage, Somerset
2014, Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year – Bronze
Fishacre, Devon
South West Tourism
Tourism Activity and Sports and Experience categories – Silver
Island, Dorset
Bath Events, Hospitality
Small Visitor Attraction
Somerset
Eating and Food Safety
Northern Ireland
The Greats Gift Retailer
Best Museums/Visitor Attraction Gift Shop
Northern Ireland
Wales
House and Gardens, Anglesey
for Environmental Best
National Trust Wales
Wrexham Tourism
2014, Best Visitor Attraction – Erddig,
Castle, Wrexham
Awards
74 Year on record
Tim Basing
William Brown
Castle, then Wales National Events Co-ordinator and later as GB Rally
Aida Bridget Carson
Douglas Dryden
Sir Jack Hayward
purchased Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, Devon, and donated it
Mary Henry (née Clive)
David Jackson
Mary Jones
Nicholas Angell Lane MBE
Simon Lee
Dave Morris
Dan O’Neil
Rev. Jonathan Peel
as Chairman of the East Anglia Regional Committee, Chairman of the
Properties Committee, Member of the Executive Committee and of
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Richard Quin
Richard Quin died on 14 March 2014, aged 59. Richard was a Building
Surveyor with the North Shropshire team in the Midlands region.
Lady Mary Soames
Lady Mary Soames, the youngest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, died
on 31 May 2014 aged 91. Lady Soames played a pivotal role at Chartwell
in Kent, her family’s home from 1924 to 1965. After her father’s death in
1965 she worked with her mother to set out the visitor experience as it
is today. Lady Soames continued to be a regular visitor and provided an
invaluable link to family life at Chartwell.
Ted Warden
Ted Warden died on 4 March 2015. He was for many years the Accounts
Manager in the Wessex Regional at Stourhead.
Mary, Lady Verney
Mary, Lady Verney died on 20 February 2015, aged 90. She was married
to the late Sir Ralph Bruce Verney who gave Claydon House to the Trust
in 1956. She was an internationally acclaimed forte pianist and saw the
formation of the Claydon concerts which were extremely popular.
Obituaries (continued)
We would like to thank the Royal Oak Foundation for its continued
and support of our work. The mission of the Royal Oak
Foundation is to inspire Americans to learn about, experience and
support places of great historic and natural in the
United Kingdom. This year a particular highlight was the Royal Oak
Foundation’s donation of $1.25 million to help restore the Ballroom
at Knole in Kent. The Foundation also ran a successful appeal for
Stourhead in Wiltshire which succeeded in raising funds to restore
iconic landscape features including the Temple of Apollo, the Grotto,
King Alfred’s Tower and the Pinetum. The Royal Oak Foundation
has also supported a number of other projects including a major
contribution from the Foundation’s Ervin-DesChamps Fund for the
acquisition of a still life by Cornelis de Heem for Dyrham Park, near
Bath, grants from its Grace & William Thompson Fund for the Lake
District, as well as contributions for conservation work at Mount
Stewart in Northern Ireland and Clandon Park in Surrey. The National
Trust is grateful to all involved for their commitment and generosity.
We are extremely grateful to the Wolfson Foundation for its pledge
of a further £1 million towards our joint programme for conservation.
The partnership has helped us undertake some of the most ambitious
conservation projects that we have ever tackled and supports heritage
skills development and understanding across the sector.
The Royal Oak Foundation
Rothschild Foundation
Wolfson Foundation
30 Visits to Waddesdon Manor are not included in our reported visitor numbers on page 71 as it is supported and managed by The Rothschild Foundation.
We are most grateful to Lord and Lady Rothschild and The Rothschild
Foundation for their continued and extraordinary generosity towards
Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, as well as their conservation
and development of the much wider Waddesdon footprint. It is one of
the National Trusts’ most visited properties with over 360,000 visitors
in the 2014/15 year.30 Visitors were able to enjoy not only the excellence
of its unique collection, gardens, aviary and archive but also a wonderfully
varied exhibition and events programme. This included an exceptional
second century Roman mosaic from Lod in Israel, a critically acclaimed
exhibition of Roubilliac’s eighteenth-century busts of Alexander Pope, Bit.
Fall, a contemporary water and light installation by Julius Popp, and the
second year of Winter Light at Waddesdon by artist Bruce Munro.
76 Year on record
Gifts and donations
For Ever, For Everyone Appeal
Neptune Coastline Campaign
Neptune Free FundsCastle Drogo
Mr and Mrs Trevor AdamsMr Richard and Mrs Diana Allan QC In memory of Wilson Stephenson Croom Leech and Basil Joseph LeechMr Justin Anderson
Ms Holly Bellingham and Mr Simon Turner
Mrs Rebecca Campbell
Mr and Mrs Jerry CooperDr and Mrs Steve Cottam
Mr and Mrs Stephen EdgeMiss Jane Fancott
Mr and Mrs Ernie Fisher
Mr and Mrs Duncan FordMr and Mrs David FreemanMr and Mrs Richard GlanvilleMr and Mrs Richard Godden
memory of Mary FaullMr Stephen HaleMr and Mrs Michael HallettMr and Mrs William HobhouseMiss Davina Hodson
Miss Sarah LanhamMiss Veronica LaurieMr Ian Lennox
Sir Desmond and Lady Lorimer
Dr Helen Lumley in memory of Dr Philip LumleySir Laurie and Lady MagnusMr John Marston MBE and Mrs Mette MarstonMr and Mrs John McGrath Mrs Joanna McVey and
Mr and Mrs Alan Moore CBE
Mr Alan and Mrs Pat Parfett
Mr Richard ParsonsMr and Mrs Richard PymMr John Rayner in memory of Brian and Gillian RaynerDr Alison Rimmer
Mr John Scott
Mr and Mrs Ian TegnerMr John ThomasonMiss P ThompsonMiss Susie ThomsonMrs Margaret ThorntonMr and Mrs John TilneyMr and Mrs Allan WallisMr David and Mrs Christine WalmsleyMr Philip WhaleMr Peter and Mrs Pat WhiteMr Alan WilliamsRoseanne Williams
Ms Patricia Aste
Mr Nicholas BullMr G Burch
Mr Brian and Mrs Joan FlemingB FollettA J FortnamThe late Mrs Yvonne Harvey
Mr Colin Henderson
Mr Norman Jones
Mr John PattissonMr and Mrs Glyn SamuelMr and Mrs Anthony Shoults
Mr R Steinbeis and Ms C Pierard
Mr and Mrs Tony TeagueLady Rosemary ThompsonMrs G WaltonMr J WhiteMr and Mrs John WhiteMrs Margaret WhiteheadProfessor Tadahiro Yotsumoto
Art FundAshden TrustThe Atlas Fund
The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust
Charitable TrustThe Gordon Bulmer Charitable TrustThe John Coates Charitable TrustThe Country Houses Foundation
Charitable Trust
The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund
Fine Family Foundation The Good Gifts Catalogue
The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust
Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory Charitable TrustThe Ada Hillard Charitable TrustThe John Horseman TrustThe Houghton Dunn Charitable TrustThe Ironmongers’ CompanyJ J Charitable TrustThe Jordan Charitable Foundation
Lord Leverhulme’s Charitable TrustFriends of the National LibrariesThe Lidbury Family Trust
The Esme Mitchell TrustThe Monument TrustNational Gardens Scheme Charitable TrustThe Norman Family Charitable TrustThe Ofenheim Charitable TrustThe Oglesby Charitable Trust
Pilgrim TrustPlayers of People’s Postcode LotteryThe Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
ShareGift
The Singer FoundationThe Tanner TrustConstance Travis Charitable TrustThe TreadRight FoundationThe David Webster Charitable TrustJohn Winder FundThe Wolfson Foundation
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The Anglesey 2001 TrustArts and Business Northern IrelandThe George Cadbury Trust
Charitable TrustThe Margaret Chattell Charitable Trust
Charitable TrustThe Clapp Family Charitable Trust
Discretionary FundThe George Dudley Herbert Charitable Trust
Charitable FoundationElda Latin Charitable TrustNational Association of Decorative
Horticultural Trust
operators and environmental trusts
Countryside Council for WalesDEFRADepartment of Agriculture
Northern IrelandDover District CouncilEnglish HeritageEnvironment AgencyEuropean Regional Development FundForestry CommissionHeritage Lottery FundNatural England
Northern Ireland Environment
SITA Trust South Eastern Regional CollegeSport England
Borough Council
Welsh GovernmentWREN
Arts Council England
Big Lottery Fund*Broadland District CouncilCADWCeredigion Social Enterprise
City of Sunderland
County Durham Environmental TrustCumbria County CouncilDepartment for Business,
Department of Education Northern IrelandDevon County CouncilDorset County Council
Durham County Council
Fraunhofer
AuthorityLANTRALIFE Plus
Committee of the Olympic
Borough CouncilMourne Heritage TrustNational Heritage Memorial FundNational Maritime MuseumNational Museum of LiverpoolNational Museums and GalleriesNational Portrait GalleryNatural Environment Research CouncilNatural Resources WalesNeath Port Talbot Council
Northamptonshire County CouncilNorthern Ireland Tourist Board
Plantlife Plymouth City Council
Somerset County CouncilSouth Tyneside CouncilSouth West Coast Path AssociationSport Wales
Surrey County CouncilThe Heritage AllianceVale of Glamorgan CouncilVeolia Environmental TrustVeolia North Thames TrustViridor Credits Environmental CompanyWales Council for Voluntary ActionWelcome to our FutureWiltshire CouncilWorcestershire County Council
Youth Involvement – Midlands Region
Coastal Communities Fund – South West region
Companies and Organisations
supported us in 2014/15:
Abaris Holdings Limited
Aga Rangemaster Limited
Alexir LimitedAlitex LimitedAll Leisure Holidays
Blueprint Collections Limited
Crane Garden BuildingsCreative Tops Limited
Fat Face
First Natural Brands
Headland Hotel
J Salmon LimitedJust Go! Holidays
Mondelez International
Murco Petroleum LimitedOrdnance SurveyPanasonic
Pru-HealthRBS Rivermill Limited
RSA Sarah RavenSilentnight Group Limited
Summit International a trading division of GOSH International PLCTenioThe NutteryThe Turtle Mat Company Limited
Vale Garden Houses LimitedVets 4 PetsVirgin Experience Days
T/As Carousel Calendars
Westminster Stone Company LimitedWildlife Habits LtdWoodlodge Products LtdWoodmansterne Publications Limited
Gifts and donations
78 Year on record
Friends of Ashridge
Friends of Box Hill Association
Friends of Godolphin
Friends of Washington Old Hall
Centre or Association Amount
Amersham CentreAxe Valley CentreAylesbury Centre
Barnet AssociationBath Centre
Bedford AssociationBelfast CentreBelgium Association
Bolton Association
Bristol Centre
Chester Centre
Cleveland AssociationColchester National Trust GroupCounty Durham CentreCoventry Centre
Dacorum AssociationDarent Cray Association
Ealing AssociationEast Cheshire AssociationEast Dorset Association
East Northamptonshire Association
Supporter groups
• • • 21 Friends Groups
• 34 National Trust Volunteer Groups
•
Groups help bring people closer to our cause and add value to
The support of all our groups is greatly valued and those Groups
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Eastbourne Association
Grantham Association
Haldon Association
Liverpool CentreLondon Centre
Maidenhead Association
Meirionnydd National Trust AssociationMenai Association
North Cheshire CentreNorth Coast Association
North Hertfordshire AssociationNorth Leicestershire Association
North Sussex CentreNorth Worcestershire AssociationNorthampton AssociationNottingham Centre
Oxford Centre
Raleigh CentreReading CentreRibble CentreRichmond Association
Rugby Association
Seaford Association
Shropshire CentreSidmouth CentreSolihull CentreSouth Cheshire AssociationSouth Derbyshire CentreSouth Dorset Association
South East Surrey AssociationSouth Hams Centre
St Helens Centre
Three Counties AssociationTorbay CentreTyne Valley AssociationTyneside Association
Walsall Association
West Devon AssociationWest Somerset Association
West Surrey Centre
Wimbledon AssociationWinchester AssociationWorthing AssociationWycombe Centre
Supporter groups
80 Year on record
Legacies
Mrs F Adams Mr P I Addison
Miss E Alexander Mr D M AllanMiss J M Allen Mrs A E L Allott
Miss J Ansell Mr J V P Anthony Miss C M Appleby Mrs P Y Appleton Mrs P M Archer Mr G R A Argles Mr C R D Armistead Mrs N D Arnold
Miss C A Aston
Miss M J Atyeo Mr B E D Austin Mr G H AustinMiss L H AynsleyMrs H Bailey Mrs P M Bailey Dr S E R Bailey Mr G R Barber
Mrs G BarnesMiss G M F BarnesMr P Barnicott
Mr A D Bartram Miss M A Bates Mr J G Baxter
Mr R A BeedenMiss H P Bennett Miss P J Bennett Mrs M G Benzie Mrs A R Berry Mr R J N Betts Mr W J Biddulph Mrs A M BillingsleyMiss B Bingham
Miss M A BleythingMrs J A BoltonMrs M A BonalloMrs R S Bond
Mr G C BottomleyMr R H BottrillMr J E Boulding
Ms A Braden
Miss M Branton-WilliamsMr J D BrazierMiss D M BridleMr H BrighouseMr H G Bright
Mrs J L Broom
Mrs N C Brunt
Miss R M BuddMr S G BuerMr P C Bullen
Miss N E BumfreyMr J B Burman
Mr J H BuryMiss D E BushbyMr A J BussMiss M Byles
Mrs M M Campin
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Dr E CapperMrs J R CarterMr R H CashMiss H M Castle
Miss D M ChandlerMr D J A ChappellMr J D CharterMrs P J S CheesemanMiss C E M ChethamMr H ChorltonMrs A E Christopherson
Miss P A ClentonMrs A D Cochrane
Miss J A ColeMrs R A ColemanMr S W ColesMr J D ColleyMiss R CollingsMr R G CollinsMrs G M CompstonMiss J A ConnellMrs M C CoombsMr P L CoombsMiss J G CooperMrs J O CooperMiss M E CooperMiss A M Corbett
Mr D S Crabbs
Miss J M Cramp
Miss B A Credland
Miss M E CullMr L A CullifordMrs P Y CuminMrs S S DabbsMr B DaleMrs I DalyMrs E L DarlingMiss D E DaviesMiss D G DaviesMr T DavinMr G M Davis
Mrs P DayMiss P J DayMr G B DeaneMrs J M DentonMiss M DetchonMr R D DigbyMr H C DinhamMiss B S DixonMiss N L DixonMiss A W Dooley
Mr A W Douglas Mr D L Douglas
Mrs F D DuncanMrs J M DuthoitMr S Eadie Miss J A EarlessMiss M E Edmondston
Mrs M G M Elliott Mr D V EllisonMiss M Emmerson Mrs E B EvansMrs G I Evans Mrs M M Evans Mrs R I Evans Mr M P Everett Miss J B Farmer Mrs D E P Farrant Mrs M Faull Mrs R M Field Mr G T Fillery Miss M Finch Miss M C FinchMrs E FisherMr A E FitzcombeMiss D E FlynnMrs J M FollmerMrs H M FortnamMrs C FortuneMrs B E Freeman Mrs T D S FretterMr B FrostMrs F H FullerMiss M C FurnessMrs B E GadsbyMiss S A Gage
Legacies
82 Year on record
Legacies
Miss P Gale MBEMrs M GalenMrs J GalpinMrs F GardnerMr G E GarlandMr F W GeneverMrs M Gerber
Mrs J E GibbonsMrs B M GibsonMr I M GibsonMiss P J GilbertMrs P M GilbertMiss J L GilhamMiss E P GillMiss M M GillMiss J GoddardMiss P L Golledge
Mr R R GoodingsMrs J Goss Miss E L GoughMiss D I GovierMr A A Grant
Dr J C GreatorexMiss B GreenMrs B GreenMr V E Green
Miss S M Grey
Mrs N GrohsMr P J H GrovesMiss G M GullyMrs M J Habgood
Miss L HaighMrs R M HallettMr L H S HallingMrs D J HamiltonMr D HampsonMr P HampsonMr T A Hampson
Miss F R HareMr J P HaresMiss E A HarringtonMr D V HarrisMr A D HarveyMrs J HayMrs V C Hayes
Miss M Hayhurst
Mr B W HeadleyMr P C HealyMrs J Hearn Miss V HeathMrs A V HerbertMrs B HerbertMr N P HeronMiss D P Hervey
Mr N J Hibdige Mr M D Hill Miss V E HillMr B A T HoldenMrs E D HolladayMrs I M Holland
Miss H M HolmesMr W Holmes
Mr V HoodMiss J M Horsfall Miss B J Horton
Mrs B E Houghton
Mr J H Hughes
Miss J B HumphreysMr B T Huntley Miss S Hurst Miss L E HurterMrs G D HutchingsMiss I G HyndSir J R Ibbs
Mr S InghamMr J E S Innes
Mrs M E JamesMr P W JamesMrs C H JarvisMrs B Jebb
Mrs W D JervisMr A S JohnsonMiss B A JohnsonMr D G JohnsonDr E H Johnson
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Mr S D JohnsonMiss L R JohnstoneMiss D E JonesMiss E JonesMrs E M Jones
Mr G Langhorne Miss E M Langridge Mr D Laughton
Mrs M LeapmanMrs B M LeatherlandMiss E M LedgerMrs E G LeeMr G E LeechMrs M E LeemingMrs A LeesMrs H H C Lenz
Mr D T LittleMr S H LloydMiss M J A Lloyd-Davies
Mrs G M LovedayMr E J Lovegrove
Miss J Lucas
Mr J E H Lunnon
Mrs M M M MacleodMrs B MacleseMr J D MalamMr A A Mallett
Miss M S MarshMr T MarshMiss P N G MarslandMiss E J MartinMr P J MartinMrs R M MartinMrs I G E MasonMr J R Matheson
Mrs M W MatznerMr C F MayMr T McCambridgeMiss C I McFadzeanMr D McGrath
Mrs I McLean
Miss P A MelbournMiss J MeldrumMrs S R MelvilleMr G Mercer
Mrs B MintonMr A J MitchellMrs J MitchellDr R G MitchellMiss V A D MitchellMiss A L MooreMrs J M MordauntMiss E M Morris
Mr J M Moss
Mr R F S MusgraveMrs B W Nash
Mr I E Nicholas
Dr P E O'Connell Mr C O'NeilMr J S Oexle Mr M D Oldman
Mrs E D L Osgood
Miss Y G M Oudraad
84 Year on record
Legacies
Miss S M Palmer
Mr E A ParsonsMr M PaulMrs D G Pearce Mr G Pearson Mrs F E Peever Mrs B L Pepper Miss J H A Perham
Mrs M B PerryMr J Phillips
Miss E M PiercyMiss E M Pirrie Miss B R Pitts Mrs M Plant
Mr D PooleMrs M PooleMiss M A Pope Mr H I Porter
Mr B T Pratt Mrs C PriceMiss I M Price
Mrs P D J PriceMiss S PriceMiss F O L Primrose Mr J E Prince Mrs S M Pugh Miss C Pyle
Mrs N E RadfordMiss S Raval
Mr C T Ray Miss M V Rayner Mr G E ReadMiss G M Read Mr A J ReidMrs N Rice Mrs F M RichardsMrs J M RichardsonMrs H M Richmond
Miss D F Roberson Mr D H Roberts Mrs S V RobertsMr J C Robinson Mr J Roburn
Mr D Rose Mr W D Ross
Mr I A Royston
Lt Col J E N RyanMiss B E SabeyMrs V L M SaleMiss M G Samson
Mr E A Satchell
Mr N Scanes
Mrs P B Schorr Miss H M SchroderMrs B ScottMrs M Scott
Mr P W SettenMiss J Shane Dr O P Sharp
Mr P E Sheppard Mr J Shepperson Mr C Short Miss M Shrimpton Miss J B Shurmer MBE Mr D W Simpson Mr C M Sivyer
Mr A G SmithMr B Smith Miss C J Smith Mrs E M Smith Mr G H Smith Mrs J M M Smith Mr J R SmithMrs N W Smith Mr W R SmithMr D R Snart Mrs E A Southgate Mr F A Sparshott Mrs P Spence Mr D Staite Miss A C E Staniforth
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Mr C A SteelMrs M B Stephens Mrs J Stevens
Miss D J Stirland Mrs A L Stone
Mrs M Street Mr A H Stroud Mrs G B Sturgess
Mr P M A Sutton
Mr D A Tait Miss V B Tait Mrs A Taylor Mrs B A Taylor Miss G TaylorMiss J A Taylor Miss L M TaylorMiss W Taylor
Mr B M Thomas
Mrs M E Thomas Mr W E L Thomas Mr G B ThompsonMiss J Thorogood
Mrs M Todd
Miss M L TrahairMiss D E Troughton
Mr D G Valentine Mr M D Verity Mr G V VicaryMr H T Viner Mrs C Virgoe
Mrs E F WaddellMrs J M Waites
Mrs D D WalmsleyMrs P Walton Mr M E Wandless
Mr A E WardMiss E M Ward Mrs J S Ward
Miss J E Waters
Miss V B WatsonMiss M C WattMr W H Watt Mrs M WebbMrs J Webster Mr A Wells Mr D J R Whaley Mr S G Wheeldon Miss B J White Mr J Whitehead
Miss O M Whyte
Mr A L WilliamsMrs C E WilliamsMrs D B Williams Mr P M Williams Mr T J Williams Mrs J E Wills Miss C WilsonMrs J WilsonMrs M W Wing
Mrs F Wise Miss D L Wiseman Mrs I N Wolstenholme Mrs B E Wood
Mr J M Woods Miss P R Woollard
Miss B A Wright Miss E G Wright Mr G E H Wright Miss J M WrightMr R J S Wright Mr J G Wyatt Mr M J Wyatt
Mrs R E Youll
Mr G W YoungMiss S C Young Dr S E J Young AnonymousAnonymous
86 Year on record
Legacies
Mr H B AmbroseMr D C Arbon MBE
Mrs R Bacon
Mr D C Bailey
Mrs E BambridgeMrs S J Banton
Mrs J BarterProf B A BartonMr D E BartonMiss M G BatesMrs M R M BaxterMrs M N A BaylissMr J F BellMr J M BerryMr P R BethellMrs M W BevanDr R O BishopMiss J M Bissett
Mr R J BogueMrs I W Boon
Mr C J Bromage
Mrs B M BunnMiss M BurgumMrs J BurnsMr J A CastellMr G ChambersMiss F M Clamp
Mrs J CoatesMrs B E CollingeMrs A C Colvile
Mrs I N Cooper
Mrs L B Cox
Mrs V Cruse
Mr N J de OrfeMr J R DeanMr D J Dodd
Miss N L EdenMrs E EmeryMr D G FadeMiss L B P FeatherstoneMrs C W FelthamMr D G J FelthamMrs M FrithMrs V M GarrettMiss D A Garton MBE
Mr C H G Gilbert
Mr R C GillsonMrs J M GlibberyMr D GoodallMr W E GouldMr B G GreenMrs D Y GreenMr J R N Greer
Miss E J HabgoodMiss Q E HallMrs I HarmerMr R E HarrisMr J HarrisonMr S N HartMrs V A HartMiss J R HaslamMr P J Hatton
Mrs A D HemensleyMr H A HeppinstallMiss M J Hibbert
Mr G B G Hildon
Mrs B HollidaySister M HornMr L G Horne
Mr J W JessopMiss J M Johnson
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Miss N A M Jonas
Mrs M JonesMrs S H Jones
Mrs J C LaslettMrs J M LloydMs A J MangoldMiss J M ManisonMrs J N MarshallMrs P I Mathers
Miss S B McCallaMrs S H Miller
Mrs M MorrisMr E Mountain
Mr P J Norton
Mrs I M Osmond
Mr D R S Paine
Miss B A ParrottMiss J C ParryMrs D PearceMrs R D PlumptonMrs L A PriceMrs C M PyeMiss J W RaperMr J S ReeveMiss E A ReevesMiss A B H RennieMr P J RichardsonMr G P RiddellMiss N RobinsonMiss A P RobothamMiss H M RogersMrs D M RyderMrs J M SadlerMrs M SargentMr P D SealMrs P J SealeMr D J SharplesMr B SheppardMrs D W Shorter
Mrs H L SillsDr O H Simms
Mrs H E SlaughterMiss E SmithMrs E P E SmithMr R A Smith
Miss E M Starling
Mr O V StobartMrs S M M Sumner
Mrs J D M Tandy
Mr V J TaylorMr T M TelfordMr W Temple
Mrs D M ThompsonMrs H ToveyMr J G TrimmerMiss P J Tytherleigh
Mr D VinceMiss E M Wadham
Mr B G WallerMrs M P Wallis
Lady E A WarrenMrs S R WarringMrs I M G WatermanMrs A S Waters
Mr W H Way
Miss S WeirMr J N T WhiteMr E WhitehouseMr C F Wildgoose
Miss B R WilliamsMrs C S WilsonMrs D S M WilsonMrs G R Wiltshire
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Properties open at a charge with more than 50,000 visitors in 2014/15.29
Property 2014/15 2013/14Giant's Causeway 549,066 504,405Stourhead 405,572 389,294Cliveden 404,702 419,788Attingham Park 394,334 371,905Fountains Abbey Estate 373,364 344,113Polesden Lacey 346,587 310,880Dunham Massey 340,929 226,313Nymans 323,268 263,388Carrick-a-Rede 323,188 266,542Belton House 321,776 305,181Anglesey Abbey 316,469 285,709Calke Abbey 314,151 270,068St. Michael's Mount 299,360 301,916Mottisfont 286,510 262,244Kingston Lacy 270,099 241,044Gibside 242,490 196,021Corfe Castle 234,671 218,832Chartwell 233,965 211,835
232,277 195,585225,501 220,318
Ickworth 217,024 196,660Cragside 216,903 201,793Lanhydrock 212,755 209,761Hardwick Hall 212,547 221,578Killerton 205,647 187,509Wallington 203,426 195,322Bodnant Garden 193,415 176,514Baddesley Clinton 191,556 194,222Dyrham Park 190,906 167,526Charlecote Park 187,524 168,738Claremont Landscape Garden 186,694 172,671The Vyne 181,081 166,111Sissinghurst Castle Garden 180,766 181,768Bodiam Castle 176,158 159,467Hidcote 174,689 163,361Quarry Bank 174,280 173,569Croome 171,952 140,686Packwood 170,697 95,801Stowe 169,701 147,410Lacock 168,074 153,333Petworth House and Park 161,341 148,947Mount Stewart 157,331 155,114Trelissick 157,237 127,507Sudbury Hall 151,133 147,887Blickling Estate 151,039 146,256Wimpole Home Farm 149,737 135,892Dunster Castle 149,564 146,630Knightshayes 146,713 120,385Cotehele 145,132 136,392Hanbury Hall and Gardens 140,469 119,881Scotney Castle 140,243 132,473Ightham Mote 135,614 107,483Montacute House 135,211 124,896Wimpole Estate 134,305 157,353Beningbrough Hall 132,344 127,462Erddig 130,349 146,129Brownsea Island 130,070 122,466Greys Court 129,678 89,554Castle Ward 129,466 135,205Knole 126,941 116,681Basildon Park 126,466 104,059Chirk Castle 126,223 127,009Powis Castle 126,007 112,673
Speke Hall 123,714 106,355Nostell Priory 118,193 110,084Kedleston Hall 117,699 119,671Hinton Ampner 117,230 110,707Lyme Park 117,010 109,360Ham House 114,662 101,827Plas Newydd 113,061 92,651Coughton Court 111,741 108,841
Hall, Gardens and Estate 110,871 102,416Winkworth Aboretum 110,575 100,335Avebury 109,988 122,600Standen House and Garden 109,756 84,323Bateman's 109,114 92,567Hughenden 107,942 95,811Sutton Hoo 104,540 84,697Sizergh 103,195 83,652Upton House and Gardens 102,631 105,373Hilltop 95,627 102,015Biddulph Grange Garden 95,261 76,906Penrhyn Castle 93,587 89,113Barrington Court 93,505 89,997Coleton Fishacre 89,602 81,948Castle Drogo 89,493 97,586Greenway 88,786 91,854Lindisfarne Castle 88,642 84,942Emmetts Garden 86,472 79,741Saltram 85,682 65,062Glendurgan Garden 85,273 80,474Snowshill Manor and Garden 83,647 86,610Dudmaston Estate 83,123 70,267Arlington Court 82,997 84,700Buckland Abbey 81,832 79,693Little Moreton Hall 80,169 78,169Wray Castle 78,922 71,982Croft Castle and Parkland 78,512 73,347Tredegar House 77,661 66,856Hatchlands 76,997 73,585Chedworth Roman Villa 76,880 71,748Wightwick Manor 76,029 75,755Oxburgh Hall 75,437 79,906Berrington Hall 73,630 66,853
Gardens 71,569 68,360Osterley Park and House 70,525 62,213Trerice 69,459 68,705Rowallane Garden 65,338 53,957Nunnington Hall 62,504 59,591Lydford Gorge 60,881 60,975Canons Ashby 57,184 54,738Uppark House and Garden 56,880 52,444Clandon Park 56,408 52,661Wicken Fen 55,836 50,117Lytes Cary Manor 55,788 48,756Trengwainton Garden 54,595 50,626Brockhampton Estate 54,139 47,948The Needles 53,943 53,954A la Ronde 52,789 54,430Farne Islands 52,263 52,669The Courts Garden 51,888 45,256Seaton Delaval Hall 51,352 56,519Clumber Park 50,846 43,809Treasurer's House (York) 50,711 44,761Tattershall Castle 50,532 43,704
Visits to Wakehurst Place are not included in our reported visitors numbers as they are supported and managed by Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Visits to Waddesdon Manor are also not included in our reported visitor numbers as they are supported and independently managed by The Rothschild Foundation. Waddesdon attracted over 360,000 visitors in the 2015/16 year which would place it amongst the Trust’s top 10 visited properties.
72 Year on record
Susan Aust
35 years
Martin AtkinsonGeneral Manager
Edwin Blunt
Birmingham Conurbation
Janet Burton
Belton House20 years
Eric CrossBuilding Craftsperson (Mason)
48 years
Richard DeanCurator
30 years
Estate Team Supervisor
23 years
Carol DoughertyAdministrator
21 years
Waddesdon Manor20 years
Nicola GraceAssistant Director Operations
33 years
Gardener
38 years
Brian HolmanGardener-in-ChargeAvebury
Moira HoppingRetail ManagerNymans20 years
Derek LovelessRanger
32 years
Buttermere35 years
Ann MitchellBusiness Support Co-ordinatorTisbury Hub20 years
Brian MuelanerForestry AdviserHeelis
General ManagerNorth Devon34 years
Denis ScottBuilding Supervisor (Carpenter/Joiner)Wallington22 years
Adrian ShawDredger Master
22 years
David Stone
Mottisfont Abbey
John WaltonProperty ManagerFarne Islands24 years
Christine WardBusiness Support Co-ordinator
20 years
Philip Willcocks
Bodmin Estate Yard22 years
Retirements
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National
2014 Responding to
solutions provider category
House, London, Dunster Castle, Somerset,
Lancashire and Moseley
East of England
Anglian Water Business
‘Turning the Tide’
London & South East
Local Authority Building
Traditional Craftsmanship – West Wycombe
Midlands
Derbyshire Heritage
interpretation for ‘Stitches in Time’
Hall, Derbyshire
Lincolnshire Heritage
on a Limited Budget – ‘A Woolsthorpe Wedding/
Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
South West
Excellence 2014, Small Visitor Attraction of the
to Coleridge Cottage, Somerset
2014, Large Visitor Attraction of the Year
Large Visitor Attraction of the Year – Bronze
Fishacre, Devon
South West Tourism
Tourism Activity and Sports and Experience categories – Silver
Island, Dorset
Bath Events, Hospitality
Small Visitor Attraction
Somerset
Eating and Food Safety
Northern Ireland
The Greats Gift Retailer
Best Museums/Visitor Attraction Gift Shop
Northern Ireland
Wales
House and Gardens, Anglesey
for Environmental Best
National Trust Wales
Wrexham Tourism
2014, Best Visitor Attraction – Erddig,
Castle, Wrexham
Awards
74 Year on record
Tim Basing
William Brown
Castle, then Wales National Events Co-ordinator and later as GB Rally
Aida Bridget Carson
Douglas Dryden
Sir Jack Hayward
purchased Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, Devon, and donated it
Mary Henry (née Clive)
David Jackson
Mary Jones
Nicholas Angell Lane MBE
Simon Lee
Dave Morris
Dan O’Neil
Rev. Jonathan Peel
as Chairman of the East Anglia Regional Committee, Chairman of the
Properties Committee, Member of the Executive Committee and of
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Richard Quin
Lady Mary Soames
Lady Mary Soames, the youngest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, died
Ted Warden
Foundation is to inspire Americans to learn about, experience and
iconic landscape features including the Temple of Apollo, the Grotto,
contribution from the Foundation’s Ervin-DesChamps Fund for the
We are most grateful to Lord and Lady Rothschild and The Rothschild
30
Roman mosaic from Lod in Israel, a critically acclaimed exhibition
We are extremely grateful to the Wolfson Foundation for its pledge
The Royal Oak Foundation
Rothschild Foundation
Wolfson Foundation
76 Year on record
Gifts and donations
For Ever, For Everyone Appeal
Neptune Coastline Campaign
Neptune Free FundsCastle Drogo
Mr and Mrs Trevor AdamsMr Richard and Mrs Diana Allan QC In memory of Wilson Stephenson Croom Leech and Basil Joseph LeechMr Justin Anderson
Ms Holly Bellingham and Mr Simon Turner
Mrs Rebecca Campbell
Mr and Mrs Jerry CooperDr and Mrs Steve Cottam
Mr and Mrs Stephen EdgeMiss Jane Fancott
Mr and Mrs Ernie Fisher
Mr and Mrs Duncan FordMr and Mrs David FreemanMr and Mrs Richard GlanvilleMr and Mrs Richard Godden
memory of Mary FaullMr Stephen HaleMr and Mrs Michael HallettMr and Mrs William HobhouseMiss Davina Hodson
Miss Sarah LanhamMiss Veronica LaurieMr Ian Lennox
Sir Desmond and Lady Lorimer
Dr Helen Lumley in memory of Dr Philip LumleySir Laurie and Lady MagnusMr John Marston MBE and Mrs Mette MarstonMr and Mrs John McGrath Mrs Joanna McVey and
Mr and Mrs Alan Moore CBE
Mr Alan and Mrs Pat Parfett
Mr Richard ParsonsMr and Mrs Richard PymMr John Rayner in memory of Brian and Gillian RaynerDr Alison Rimmer
Mr John Scott
Mr and Mrs Ian TegnerMr John ThomasonMiss P ThompsonMiss Susie ThomsonMrs Margaret ThorntonMr and Mrs John TilneyMr and Mrs Allan WallisMr David and Mrs Christine WalmsleyMr Philip WhaleMr Peter and Mrs Pat WhiteMr Alan WilliamsRoseanne Williams
Ms Patricia Aste
Mr Nicholas BullMr G Burch
Mr Brian and Mrs Joan FlemingB FollettA J FortnamThe late Mrs Yvonne Harvey
Mr Colin Henderson
Mr Norman Jones
Mr John PattissonMr and Mrs Glyn SamuelMr and Mrs Anthony Shoults
Mr R Steinbeis and Ms C Pierard
Mr and Mrs Tony TeagueLady Rosemary ThompsonMrs G WaltonMr J WhiteMr and Mrs John WhiteMrs Margaret WhiteheadProfessor Tadahiro Yotsumoto
Art FundAshden TrustThe Atlas Fund
The Charlotte Bonham-Carter Charitable Trust
Charitable TrustThe Gordon Bulmer Charitable TrustThe John Coates Charitable TrustThe Country Houses Foundation
Charitable Trust
The Society of Dilettanti Charitable Trust Fund
Fine Family Foundation The Good Gifts Catalogue
The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust
Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory Charitable TrustThe Ada Hillard Charitable TrustThe John Horseman TrustThe Houghton Dunn Charitable TrustThe Ironmongers’ CompanyJ J Charitable TrustThe Jordan Charitable Foundation
Lord Leverhulme’s Charitable TrustFriends of the National LibrariesThe Lidbury Family Trust
The Esme Mitchell TrustThe Monument TrustNational Gardens Scheme Charitable TrustThe Norman Family Charitable TrustThe Ofenheim Charitable TrustThe Oglesby Charitable Trust
Pilgrim TrustPlayers of People’s Postcode LotteryThe Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
ShareGift
The Singer FoundationThe Tanner TrustConstance Travis Charitable TrustThe TreadRight FoundationThe David Webster Charitable TrustJohn Winder FundThe Wolfson Foundation
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The Anglesey 2001 TrustArts and Business Northern IrelandThe George Cadbury Trust
Charitable TrustThe Margaret Chattell Charitable Trust
Charitable TrustThe Clapp Family Charitable Trust
Discretionary FundThe George Dudley Herbert Charitable Trust
Charitable FoundationElda Latin Charitable TrustNational Association of Decorative
Horticultural Trust
operators and environmental trusts
Countryside Council for WalesDEFRADepartment of Agriculture
Northern IrelandDover District CouncilEnglish HeritageEnvironment AgencyEuropean Regional Development FundForestry CommissionHeritage Lottery FundNatural England
Northern Ireland Environment
SITA Trust South Eastern Regional CollegeSport England
Borough Council
Welsh GovernmentWREN
Arts Council England
Big Lottery Fund*Broadland District CouncilCADWCeredigion Social Enterprise
City of Sunderland
County Durham Environmental TrustCumbria County CouncilDepartment for Business,
Department of Education Northern IrelandDevon County CouncilDorset County Council
Durham County Council
Fraunhofer
AuthorityLANTRALIFE Plus
Committee of the Olympic
Borough CouncilMourne Heritage TrustNational Heritage Memorial FundNational Maritime MuseumNational Museum of LiverpoolNational Museums and GalleriesNational Portrait GalleryNatural Environment Research CouncilNatural Resources WalesNeath Port Talbot Council
Northamptonshire County CouncilNorthern Ireland Tourist Board
Plantlife Plymouth City Council
Somerset County CouncilSouth Tyneside CouncilSouth West Coast Path AssociationSport Wales
Surrey County CouncilThe Heritage AllianceVale of Glamorgan CouncilVeolia Environmental TrustVeolia North Thames TrustViridor Credits Environmental CompanyWales Council for Voluntary ActionWelcome to our FutureWiltshire CouncilWorcestershire County Council
Youth Involvement – Midlands Region
Coastal Communities Fund – South West region
Companies and Organisations
supported us in 2014/15:
Abaris Holdings Limited
Aga Rangemaster Limited
Alexir LimitedAlitex LimitedAll Leisure Holidays
Blueprint Collections Limited
Crane Garden BuildingsCreative Tops Limited
Fat Face
First Natural Brands
Headland Hotel
J Salmon LimitedJust Go! Holidays
Mondelez International
Murco Petroleum LimitedOrdnance SurveyPanasonic
Pru-HealthRBS Rivermill Limited
RSA Sarah RavenSilentnight Group Limited
Summit International a trading division of GOSH International PLCTenioThe NutteryThe Turtle Mat Company Limited
Vale Garden Houses LimitedVets 4 PetsVirgin Experience Days
T/As Carousel Calendars
Westminster Stone Company LimitedWildlife Habits LtdWoodlodge Products LtdWoodmansterne Publications Limited
Gifts and donations
78 Year on record
Friends of Ashridge
Friends of Box Hill Association
Friends of Godolphin
Friends of Washington Old Hall
Centre or Association Amount
Amersham CentreAxe Valley CentreAylesbury Centre
Barnet AssociationBath Centre
Bedford AssociationBelfast CentreBelgium Association
Bolton Association
Bristol Centre
Chester Centre
Cleveland AssociationColchester National Trust GroupCounty Durham CentreCoventry Centre
Dacorum AssociationDarent Cray Association
Ealing AssociationEast Cheshire AssociationEast Dorset Association
East Northamptonshire Association
Supporter groups
• • • 21 Friends Groups
• 34 National Trust Volunteer Groups
•
Groups help bring people closer to our cause and add value to
The support of all our groups is greatly valued and those Groups
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Eastbourne Association
Grantham Association
Haldon Association
Liverpool CentreLondon Centre
Maidenhead Association
Meirionnydd National Trust AssociationMenai Association
North Cheshire CentreNorth Coast Association
North Hertfordshire AssociationNorth Leicestershire Association
North Sussex CentreNorth Worcestershire AssociationNorthampton AssociationNottingham Centre
Oxford Centre
Raleigh CentreReading CentreRibble CentreRichmond Association
Rugby Association
Seaford Association
Shropshire CentreSidmouth CentreSolihull CentreSouth Cheshire AssociationSouth Derbyshire CentreSouth Dorset Association
South East Surrey AssociationSouth Hams Centre
St Helens Centre
Three Counties AssociationTorbay CentreTyne Valley AssociationTyneside Association
Walsall Association
West Devon AssociationWest Somerset Association
West Surrey Centre
Wimbledon AssociationWinchester AssociationWorthing AssociationWycombe Centre
Supporter groups
80 Year on record
Legacies
Mrs F Adams Mr P I Addison
Miss E Alexander Mr D M AllanMiss J M Allen Mrs A E L Allott
Miss J Ansell Mr J V P Anthony Miss C M Appleby Mrs P Y Appleton Mrs P M Archer Mr G R A Argles Mr C R D Armistead Mrs N D Arnold
Miss C A Aston
Miss M J Atyeo Mr B E D Austin Mr G H AustinMiss L H AynsleyMrs H Bailey Mrs P M Bailey Dr S E R Bailey Mr G R Barber
Mrs G BarnesMiss G M F BarnesMr P Barnicott
Mr A D Bartram Miss M A Bates Mr J G Baxter
Mr R A BeedenMiss H P Bennett Miss P J Bennett Mrs M G Benzie Mrs A R Berry Mr R J N Betts Mr W J Biddulph Mrs A M BillingsleyMiss B Bingham
Miss M A BleythingMrs J A BoltonMrs M A BonalloMrs R S Bond
Mr G C BottomleyMr R H BottrillMr J E Boulding
Ms A Braden
Miss M Branton-WilliamsMr J D BrazierMiss D M BridleMr H BrighouseMr H G Bright
Mrs J L Broom
Mrs N C Brunt
Miss R M BuddMr S G BuerMr P C Bullen
Miss N E BumfreyMr J B Burman
Mr J H BuryMiss D E BushbyMr A J BussMiss M Byles
Mrs M M Campin
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Dr E CapperMrs J R CarterMr R H CashMiss H M Castle
Miss D M ChandlerMr D J A ChappellMr J D CharterMrs P J S CheesemanMiss C E M ChethamMr H ChorltonMrs A E Christopherson
Miss P A ClentonMrs A D Cochrane
Miss J A ColeMrs R A ColemanMr S W ColesMr J D ColleyMiss R CollingsMr R G CollinsMrs G M CompstonMiss J A ConnellMrs M C CoombsMr P L CoombsMiss J G CooperMrs J O CooperMiss M E CooperMiss A M Corbett
Mr D S Crabbs
Miss J M Cramp
Miss B A Credland
Miss M E CullMr L A CullifordMrs P Y CuminMrs S S DabbsMr B DaleMrs I DalyMrs E L DarlingMiss D E DaviesMiss D G DaviesMr T DavinMr G M Davis
Mrs P DayMiss P J DayMr G B DeaneMrs J M DentonMiss M DetchonMr R D DigbyMr H C DinhamMiss B S DixonMiss N L DixonMiss A W Dooley
Mr A W Douglas Mr D L Douglas
Mrs F D DuncanMrs J M DuthoitMr S Eadie Miss J A EarlessMiss M E Edmondston
Mrs M G M Elliott Mr D V EllisonMiss M Emmerson Mrs E B EvansMrs G I Evans Mrs M M Evans Mrs R I Evans Mr M P Everett Miss J B Farmer Mrs D E P Farrant Mrs M Faull Mrs R M Field Mr G T Fillery Miss M Finch Miss M C FinchMrs E FisherMr A E FitzcombeMiss D E FlynnMrs J M FollmerMrs H M FortnamMrs C FortuneMrs B E Freeman Mrs T D S FretterMr B FrostMrs F H FullerMiss M C FurnessMrs B E GadsbyMiss S A Gage
Legacies
82 Year on record
Legacies
Miss P Gale MBEMrs M GalenMrs J GalpinMrs F GardnerMr G E GarlandMr F W GeneverMrs M Gerber
Mrs J E GibbonsMrs B M GibsonMr I M GibsonMiss P J GilbertMrs P M GilbertMiss J L GilhamMiss E P GillMiss M M GillMiss J GoddardMiss P L Golledge
Mr R R GoodingsMrs J Goss Miss E L GoughMiss D I GovierMr A A Grant
Dr J C GreatorexMiss B GreenMrs B GreenMr V E Green
Miss S M Grey
Mrs N GrohsMr P J H GrovesMiss G M GullyMrs M J Habgood
Miss L HaighMrs R M HallettMr L H S HallingMrs D J HamiltonMr D HampsonMr P HampsonMr T A Hampson
Miss F R HareMr J P HaresMiss E A HarringtonMr D V HarrisMr A D HarveyMrs J HayMrs V C Hayes
Miss M Hayhurst
Mr B W HeadleyMr P C HealyMrs J Hearn Miss V HeathMrs A V HerbertMrs B HerbertMr N P HeronMiss D P Hervey
Mr N J Hibdige Mr M D Hill Miss V E HillMr B A T HoldenMrs E D HolladayMrs I M Holland
Miss H M HolmesMr W Holmes
Mr V HoodMiss J M Horsfall Miss B J Horton
Mrs B E Houghton
Mr J H Hughes
Miss J B HumphreysMr B T Huntley Miss S Hurst Miss L E HurterMrs G D HutchingsMiss I G HyndSir J R Ibbs
Mr S InghamMr J E S Innes
Mrs M E JamesMr P W JamesMrs C H JarvisMrs B Jebb
Mrs W D JervisMr A S JohnsonMiss B A JohnsonMr D G JohnsonDr E H Johnson
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Mr S D JohnsonMiss L R JohnstoneMiss D E JonesMiss E JonesMrs E M Jones
Mr G Langhorne Miss E M Langridge Mr D Laughton
Mrs M LeapmanMrs B M LeatherlandMiss E M LedgerMrs E G LeeMr G E LeechMrs M E LeemingMrs A LeesMrs H H C Lenz
Mr D T LittleMr S H LloydMiss M J A Lloyd-Davies
Mrs G M LovedayMr E J Lovegrove
Miss J Lucas
Mr J E H Lunnon
Mrs M M M MacleodMrs B MacleseMr J D MalamMr A A Mallett
Miss M S MarshMr T MarshMiss P N G MarslandMiss E J MartinMr P J MartinMrs R M MartinMrs I G E MasonMr J R Matheson
Mrs M W MatznerMr C F MayMr T McCambridgeMiss C I McFadzeanMr D McGrath
Mrs I McLean
Miss P A MelbournMiss J MeldrumMrs S R MelvilleMr G Mercer
Mrs B MintonMr A J MitchellMrs J MitchellDr R G MitchellMiss V A D MitchellMiss A L MooreMrs J M MordauntMiss E M Morris
Mr J M Moss
Mr R F S MusgraveMrs B W Nash
Mr I E Nicholas
Dr P E O'Connell Mr C O'NeilMr J S Oexle Mr M D Oldman
Mrs E D L Osgood
Miss Y G M Oudraad
84 Year on record
Legacies
Miss S M Palmer
Mr E A ParsonsMr M PaulMrs D G Pearce Mr G Pearson Mrs F E Peever Mrs B L Pepper Miss J H A Perham
Mrs M B PerryMr J Phillips
Miss E M PiercyMiss E M Pirrie Miss B R Pitts Mrs M Plant
Mr D PooleMrs M PooleMiss M A Pope Mr H I Porter
Mr B T Pratt Mrs C PriceMiss I M Price
Mrs P D J PriceMiss S PriceMiss F O L Primrose Mr J E Prince Mrs S M Pugh Miss C Pyle
Mrs N E RadfordMiss S Raval
Mr C T Ray Miss M V Rayner Mr G E ReadMiss G M Read Mr A J ReidMrs N Rice Mrs F M RichardsMrs J M RichardsonMrs H M Richmond
Miss D F Roberson Mr D H Roberts Mrs S V RobertsMr J C Robinson Mr J Roburn
Mr D Rose Mr W D Ross
Mr I A Royston
Lt Col J E N RyanMiss B E SabeyMrs V L M SaleMiss M G Samson
Mr E A Satchell
Mr N Scanes
Mrs P B Schorr Miss H M SchroderMrs B ScottMrs M Scott
Mr P W SettenMiss J Shane Dr O P Sharp
Mr P E Sheppard Mr J Shepperson Mr C Short Miss M Shrimpton Miss J B Shurmer MBE Mr D W Simpson Mr C M Sivyer
Mr A G SmithMr B Smith Miss C J Smith Mrs E M Smith Mr G H Smith Mrs J M M Smith Mr J R SmithMrs N W Smith Mr W R SmithMr D R Snart Mrs E A Southgate Mr F A Sparshott Mrs P Spence Mr D Staite Miss A C E Staniforth
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Mr C A SteelMrs M B Stephens Mrs J Stevens
Miss D J Stirland Mrs A L Stone
Mrs M Street Mr A H Stroud Mrs G B Sturgess
Mr P M A Sutton
Mr D A Tait Miss V B Tait Mrs A Taylor Mrs B A Taylor Miss G TaylorMiss J A Taylor Miss L M TaylorMiss W Taylor
Mr B M Thomas
Mrs M E Thomas Mr W E L Thomas Mr G B ThompsonMiss J Thorogood
Mrs M Todd
Miss M L TrahairMiss D E Troughton
Mr D G Valentine Mr M D Verity Mr G V VicaryMr H T Viner Mrs C Virgoe
Mrs E F WaddellMrs J M Waites
Mrs D D WalmsleyMrs P Walton Mr M E Wandless
Mr A E WardMiss E M Ward Mrs J S Ward
Miss J E Waters
Miss V B WatsonMiss M C WattMr W H Watt Mrs M WebbMrs J Webster Mr A Wells Mr D J R Whaley Mr S G Wheeldon Miss B J White Mr J Whitehead
Miss O M Whyte
Mr A L WilliamsMrs C E WilliamsMrs D B Williams Mr P M Williams Mr T J Williams Mrs J E Wills Miss C WilsonMrs J WilsonMrs M W Wing
Mrs F Wise Miss D L Wiseman Mrs I N Wolstenholme Mrs B E Wood
Mr J M Woods Miss P R Woollard
Miss B A Wright Miss E G Wright Mr G E H Wright Miss J M WrightMr R J S Wright Mr J G Wyatt Mr M J Wyatt
Mrs R E Youll
Mr G W YoungMiss S C Young Dr S E J Young AnonymousAnonymous
86 Year on record
Legacies
Mr H B AmbroseMr D C Arbon MBE
Mrs R Bacon
Mr D C Bailey
Mrs E BambridgeMrs S J Banton
Mrs J BarterProf B A BartonMr D E BartonMiss M G BatesMrs M R M BaxterMrs M N A BaylissMr J F BellMr J M BerryMr P R BethellMrs M W BevanDr R O BishopMiss J M Bissett
Mr R J BogueMrs I W Boon
Mr C J Bromage
Mrs B M BunnMiss M BurgumMrs J BurnsMr J A CastellMr G ChambersMiss F M Clamp
Mrs J CoatesMrs B E CollingeMrs A C Colvile
Mrs I N Cooper
Mrs L B Cox
Mrs V Cruse
Mr N J de OrfeMr J R DeanMr D J Dodd
Miss N L EdenMrs E EmeryMr D G FadeMiss L B P FeatherstoneMrs C W FelthamMr D G J FelthamMrs M FrithMrs V M GarrettMiss D A Garton MBE
Mr C H G Gilbert
Mr R C GillsonMrs J M GlibberyMr D GoodallMr W E GouldMr B G GreenMrs D Y GreenMr J R N Greer
Miss E J HabgoodMiss Q E HallMrs I HarmerMr R E HarrisMr J HarrisonMr S N HartMrs V A HartMiss J R HaslamMr P J Hatton
Mrs A D HemensleyMr H A HeppinstallMiss M J Hibbert
Mr G B G Hildon
Mrs B HollidaySister M HornMr L G Horne
Mr J W JessopMiss J M Johnson
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Miss N A M Jonas
Mrs M JonesMrs S H Jones
Mrs J C LaslettMrs J M LloydMs A J MangoldMiss J M ManisonMrs J N MarshallMrs P I Mathers
Miss S B McCallaMrs S H Miller
Mrs M MorrisMr E Mountain
Mr P J Norton
Mrs I M Osmond
Mr D R S Paine
Miss B A ParrottMiss J C ParryMrs D PearceMrs R D PlumptonMrs L A PriceMrs C M PyeMiss J W RaperMr J S ReeveMiss E A ReevesMiss A B H RennieMr P J RichardsonMr G P RiddellMiss N RobinsonMiss A P RobothamMiss H M RogersMrs D M RyderMrs J M SadlerMrs M SargentMr P D SealMrs P J SealeMr D J SharplesMr B SheppardMrs D W Shorter
Mrs H L SillsDr O H Simms
Mrs H E SlaughterMiss E SmithMrs E P E SmithMr R A Smith
Miss E M Starling
Mr O V StobartMrs S M M Sumner
Mrs J D M Tandy
Mr V J TaylorMr T M TelfordMr W Temple
Mrs D M ThompsonMrs H ToveyMr J G TrimmerMiss P J Tytherleigh
Mr D VinceMiss E M Wadham
Mr B G WallerMrs M P Wallis
Lady E A WarrenMrs S R WarringMrs I M G WatermanMrs A S Waters
Mr W H Way
Miss S WeirMr J N T WhiteMr E WhitehouseMr C F Wildgoose
Miss B R WilliamsMrs C S WilsonMrs D S M WilsonMrs G R Wiltshire
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2014/15 was a year of great progress for the National Trust. This would not have been possible without the support of our members, donors and other supporters and the wonderful work
thousands of volunteers. Thank you.
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