THE TABLE NOUSE OLLECTllON TRUST
THE TABLEY HOUSE COLLECTION TRUST
Legal and Administrative Details for the Year Ended 31st October 2025
Name: The Tabley House Collection Trust Status: Established as a company limited by guarantee (number 2502359) on 15th May 1990 and registered with the Charity Commission (Charity number 1047299) on 26th July 1995 Principal Address: Tabley House, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0HB Registered Office: c/o Finance Office, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Charity Objects: The charity is established to promote the appreciation of the arts among the general public by the display of the paintings, furniture and objets d'art on loan to the Trustees from the University of Manchester. Charity Trustees: Ms M C Pye (Chairman) Ms S Webb Ms C H Cooper Mr C B Tetlow Ms M A Bradbury Ms D Jones Company secretary: Mrs L V A Bissell Organisational Structure: The Tabley House Collection Trust is an independent charity. The trustees are responsible for the overall management and control of the Charity. Day to day administration is delegated to the administrator and an assistant.
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THE TABLEY HOUSE COLLECTION TRUST
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31st October 2025
The Directors present below their report and financial statements for the year ended 31st October 2025.
Activities and Review
The Tabley House Collection Trust is a company limited by guarantee which became a registered charity on 26th July 1995. The Trust exists to promote the appreciation of the arts among the general public by the display, in the principal rooms at Tabley House, of the Tabley House Collection of paintings, furniture, objets d'art etc on loan to it from the University of Manchester.
The Collection is open for the general public on four days each week annually from April until the end of October, and on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Volunteer room stewards provided information to visitors under the leadership of the Administration staff, who also organised numerous events held during the year in the rooms. The Directors wish to record their appreciation of the high standard of knowledge of the Collection among room stewards and of their willingness to attend at the rooms throughout the season, and the leadership displayed by the administration in the management of volunteers.
The tea room operator Victoriana Ltd, on the back of their successful first three years, have been offered, and accepted, a further three year lease.
The Portico Room and the Gallery remain popular venues for the performance of civil marriages.
Finance
Operating income has increased by 47% during the year based on increase in wedding bookings and a one off event that has driven income to reach £27k compared to £18k in the previous year.
The Trustees have continued to maintain a tight control on the cost base as far as possible, (overall decrease of 10% on prior year).
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Directors and their interests
Those who served as Directors and Trustees during the year were as follows:
Ms M C Pye (Chairman) Ms S Webb Ms C Cooper Mr C Tetlow Ms M A Bradbury Ms D Jones
No Director has any beneficial interest in the company. All Directors are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up. The number of guarantees at 31st October 2025 was 6 (2023 - 6).
The Trust had two (2024: 2) employees, 1 full-time, 1 part-time.
Director's Responsibilities
Company law requires the Directors, who are also the charity trustees, to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
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Auditors
For the period, the company was entitled to claim exemption from full audit under Section 477 and no notice from members requiring an audit has been deposited under Section of 476 of the Companies Act 2006 for the financial year. At the request of the Directors, an Independent Examination of the accounts was carried out and the Report is shown on Page 5.
By Order of the Board
C.Pye
Director
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The Tabley House Collection Trust Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 October 2025
| Notes Donations Entry Fees Shop Sales Tea Room Guide Books and Catalogues Party Bookings Weddings Other Income Total Operating Income Grant due for the year ended 31 October 2025 2 Total Income Advertising and Publicity Maintenance Utilites Rates Internet & Telephone Staff Costs General Administrative Expenses Sundry Costs Audit Fees Total Expenditure Surplus on Ordinary Activities before Taxation Conservation Expenditure Expenditure during the year Grant due for the year ended 31 October 2025 3 |
2025 £ 218 7,623 467 2,708 515 3,285 4,150 8,145 27,111 37,658 64,769 5,074 1,225 6,000 35 -1,362 51,409 1,431 1,456 -500 64,769 0 4,904 -4,904 0 |
2024 £ 239 6,917 142 2,672 409 2,559 2,975 2,551 18,464 53,698 72,162 5,356 1,341 6,000 0 4,338 52,723 1,464 690 250 72,162 0 4,983 -4,983 0 |
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The Tabley House Collection Trust Statement of Financial Position as at 31 October 2025
| Notes Current Assets Accrued Income Prepayment Balance due from the University 4 Cash at bank and in hand Current Liabilities Creditors - Amounts falling due within one year Accrued Expenditure Wedding deposits received in advance Other creditors Balance due to the University 4 Net Assets Capital and Reserves Called up Share Capital Retained Earnings Total Capital and Reserves |
2025 £ 0 526 38,939 12,035 51,500 51,500 0 51,500 0 0 0 0 |
2024 £ (restated) 0 897 49,324 50,222 46,000 600 3,622 50,222 0 0 0 0 |
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For the year ended 31 October 2025, the company was entitled to claim exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an ausit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The director's acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
These financial statements of the Tabley House Collection Trust (company registered number 2502359) were approved by the Trust Board on 23/07/2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
Ms M C Pye Director and Trustee
The Tabley House Collection Trust
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 October 2025
1) Accounting Policy
The accounts were prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards and under the historic cost convention.
2) Grant due to Tabley House Collection Trust
The University of Manchester has agreed to make a grant to the Tabley House Collection Trust to offset any operating deficit. During the year to 31 October 2025 the following grant was made:
| Total Administrative Expenses Less: Operating and Other Income Grant Required Funds received from the University of Manchester Add: Sundry Income received in advance b/fwd Less: Income paid in advance Grant for the year ended 31 October |
2025 £ 64,769 -27,111 37,658 0 120,367 -82,709 37,658 |
2024 £ 72,162 -18,464 53,698 90,000 84,064 -120,367 53,698 |
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3) Conservation
The University of Manchester has agreed to make a grant to the Tabley House Collection Trust to cover the cost of conservation work. The 2024 prior year figures have been adjusted to correct a mistatement to the conservation grant due to Tabley House Collection Trust.
| Grant for current year Grant brought forward Total Conservation grants due Net balance due to/(from) the University of Manchester Income paid in advance (as note 2 above) Less: Conservation grants due (as note 3 above) Unspent/(Overspent) grant |
2025 £ 4,904 116,744 121,648 2025 £ 82,709 -121,648 -38,939 |
2024 £ (restated) 4,983 111,761 116,744 2024 £ 115,036 -111,414 3,622 |
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4) Net balance due to/(from) the University of Manchester
5) Taxation
The company is a registered charity and as such no taxation is payable on the surplus of income over expenditure.
6) Member Liability
The guarantors of the Company are the Directors listed on page 1 whose individual liability is limited to £1.00
7) Cash Flow Statement
A cash flow statement has not been prepared as the Company is entitled under sections 246 - 249 of the Companies Act 1985 to file abbreviated accounts with the Registrar of Companies and therefore meets the exemption as defined in FRS1.
THE TABLE NOUSE OLLECTllON TRUST
THE TABLEY HOUSE COLLECTION TRUST
Legal and Administrative Details for the Year Ended 31st October 2025
Name: The Tabley House Collection Trust Status: Established as a company limited by guarantee (number 2502359) on 15th May 1990 and registered with the Charity Commission (Charity number 1047299) on 26th July 1995 Principal Address: Tabley House, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 0HB Registered Office: c/o Finance Office, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Charity Objects: The charity is established to promote the appreciation of the arts among the general public by the display of the paintings, furniture and objets d'art on loan to the Trustees from the University of Manchester. Charity Trustees: Ms M C Pye (Chairman) Ms S Webb Ms C H Cooper Mr C B Tetlow Ms M A Bradbury Ms D Jones Company secretary: Mrs L V A Bissell Organisational Structure: The Tabley House Collection Trust is an independent charity. The trustees are responsible for the overall management and control of the Charity. Day to day administration is delegated to the administrator and an assistant.
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THE TABLEY HOUSE COLLECTION TRUST
Directors' Report for the Year Ended 31st October 2025
The Directors present below their report and financial statements for the year ended 31st October 2025.
Activities and Review
The Tabley House Collection Trust is a company limited by guarantee which became a registered charity on 26th July 1995. The Trust exists to promote the appreciation of the arts among the general public by the display, in the principal rooms at Tabley House, of the Tabley House Collection of paintings, furniture, objets d'art etc on loan to it from the University of Manchester.
The Collection is open for the general public on four days each week annually from April until the end of October, and on Bank Holiday Mondays.
Volunteer room stewards provided information to visitors under the leadership of the Administration staff, who also organised numerous events held during the year in the rooms. The Directors wish to record their appreciation of the high standard of knowledge of the Collection among room stewards and of their willingness to attend at the rooms throughout the season, and the leadership displayed by the administration in the management of volunteers.
The tea room operator Victoriana Ltd, on the back of their successful first three years, have been offered, and accepted, a further three year lease.
The Portico Room and the Gallery remain popular venues for the performance of civil marriages.
Finance
Operating income has increased by 47% during the year based on increase in wedding bookings and a one off event that has driven income to reach £27k compared to £18k in the previous year.
The Trustees have continued to maintain a tight control on the cost base as far as possible, (overall decrease of 10% on prior year).
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Directors and their interests
Those who served as Directors and Trustees during the year were as follows:
Ms M C Pye (Chairman) Ms S Webb Ms C Cooper Mr C Tetlow Ms M A Bradbury Ms D Jones
No Director has any beneficial interest in the company. All Directors are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up. The number of guarantees at 31st October 2025 was 6 (2023 - 6).
The Trust had two (2024: 2) employees, 1 full-time, 1 part-time.
Director's Responsibilities
Company law requires the Directors, who are also the charity trustees, to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are required to:
-
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-
state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
-
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis, unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
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Auditors
For the period, the company was entitled to claim exemption from full audit under Section 477 and no notice from members requiring an audit has been deposited under Section of 476 of the Companies Act 2006 for the financial year. At the request of the Directors, an Independent Examination of the accounts was carried out and the Report is shown on Page 5.
By Order of the Board
C.Pye
Director
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The Tabley House Collection Trust Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 31 October 2025
| Notes Donations Entry Fees Shop Sales Tea Room Guide Books and Catalogues Party Bookings Weddings Other Income Total Operating Income Grant due for the year ended 31 October 2025 2 Total Income Advertising and Publicity Maintenance Utilites Rates Internet & Telephone Staff Costs General Administrative Expenses Sundry Costs Audit Fees Total Expenditure Surplus on Ordinary Activities before Taxation Conservation Expenditure Expenditure during the year Grant due for the year ended 31 October 2025 3 |
2025 £ 218 7,623 467 2,708 515 3,285 4,150 8,145 27,111 37,658 64,769 5,074 1,225 6,000 35 -1,362 51,409 1,431 1,456 -500 64,769 0 4,904 -4,904 0 |
2024 £ 239 6,917 142 2,672 409 2,559 2,975 2,551 18,464 53,698 72,162 5,356 1,341 6,000 0 4,338 52,723 1,464 690 250 72,162 0 4,983 -4,983 0 |
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The Tabley House Collection Trust Statement of Financial Position as at 31 October 2025
| Notes Current Assets Accrued Income Prepayment Balance due from the University 4 Cash at bank and in hand Current Liabilities Creditors - Amounts falling due within one year Accrued Expenditure Wedding deposits received in advance Other creditors Balance due to the University 4 Net Assets Capital and Reserves Called up Share Capital Retained Earnings Total Capital and Reserves |
2025 £ 0 526 38,939 12,035 51,500 51,500 0 51,500 0 0 0 0 |
2024 £ (restated) 0 897 49,324 50,222 46,000 600 3,622 50,222 0 0 0 0 |
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For the year ended 31 October 2025, the company was entitled to claim exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an ausit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The director's acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
These financial statements of the Tabley House Collection Trust (company registered number 2502359) were approved by the Trust Board on 23/07/2026 and were signed on its behalf by:
Ms M C Pye Director and Trustee
The Tabley House Collection Trust
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 October 2025
1) Accounting Policy
The accounts were prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards and under the historic cost convention.
2) Grant due to Tabley House Collection Trust
The University of Manchester has agreed to make a grant to the Tabley House Collection Trust to offset any operating deficit. During the year to 31 October 2025 the following grant was made:
| Total Administrative Expenses Less: Operating and Other Income Grant Required Funds received from the University of Manchester Add: Sundry Income received in advance b/fwd Less: Income paid in advance Grant for the year ended 31 October |
2025 £ 64,769 -27,111 37,658 0 120,367 -82,709 37,658 |
2024 £ 72,162 -18,464 53,698 90,000 84,064 -120,367 53,698 |
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3) Conservation
The University of Manchester has agreed to make a grant to the Tabley House Collection Trust to cover the cost of conservation work. The 2024 prior year figures have been adjusted to correct a mistatement to the conservation grant due to Tabley House Collection Trust.
| Grant for current year Grant brought forward Total Conservation grants due Net balance due to/(from) the University of Manchester Income paid in advance (as note 2 above) Less: Conservation grants due (as note 3 above) Unspent/(Overspent) grant |
2025 £ 4,904 116,744 121,648 2025 £ 82,709 -121,648 -38,939 |
2024 £ (restated) 4,983 111,761 116,744 2024 £ 115,036 -111,414 3,622 |
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4) Net balance due to/(from) the University of Manchester
5) Taxation
The company is a registered charity and as such no taxation is payable on the surplus of income over expenditure.
6) Member Liability
The guarantors of the Company are the Directors listed on page 1 whose individual liability is limited to £1.00
7) Cash Flow Statement
A cash flow statement has not been prepared as the Company is entitled under sections 246 - 249 of the Companies Act 1985 to file abbreviated accounts with the Registrar of Companies and therefore meets the exemption as defined in FRS1.
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of The Tabley House Collection Trust
On accounts for the year 31/10/2025 Charity no 2502359 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .
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Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: Paul Owen Date: 10-7-26 Name: Paul Owen Relevant professional ACA qualification(s) or body Institution of Chartered Accountant in England and Wales (if any): Address:[C/o, John Owens Building, The University of Manchester ,Oxford Rd, ] Manchester M13 9PL
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October 2018
IER
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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October 2018
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