# HOPTON CASTLE PRESERVATION TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116210
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 25, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116210


## Contact

- **Address:** Swallows Barn, Hopton Castle, Craven Arms
- **Postcode:** SY7 0QF
- **Phone:** 01547530696
- **Email:** p.m.marquis@bham.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.hoptoncastle.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF SHROPSHIRE AND OF THE NATION AT LARGE, THE HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTIONAL HERITAGE THAT MAY EXIST IN AND AROUND HOPTON CASTLE IN BUILDINGS (INCLUDING ANY BUILDING AS DEFINED IN SECTION 336 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990) OF PARTICULAR BEAUTY OR HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR CONSTRUCTIONAL INTEREST.

**Activities:** FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CASTLE AND ITS SURROUNDING EARTHWORKS. PURCHASE WAS COMPLETED ON 15.09.2008 AND WORK HAS BEGUN TO REPAIR THE MONUMENT SO AS TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE LARGELY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF GRANTS FROM HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND AND ENGLISH HERITAGE, PLUS SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL. COMPLETION OF WORKS WAS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2011.

**Area of benefit:** IN AND AROUND HOPTON CASTLE, SHROPSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Shropshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2658 | £2193 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £1730 | £2610 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £2925 | £3092 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £8125 | £4134 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £1955 | £3655 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JEFFERY WILLIAM GEORGE** (Chair)
- Ann Elizabeth Buchanan Jackson — appointed July 29, 2022
- Charles Franklin Jackson — appointed July 29, 2022
- Duncan Price — appointed July 29, 2021
- EDWARD ROY LAIDLAR — appointed Jan. 17, 2013
- Jane Elizabeth Lynda Price — appointed July 29, 2021
- Jonathan Dean — appointed July 28, 2015
- Katherine Rollason — appointed April 1, 2020
- Lieutenant Colonel Michael John Lynskey — appointed Sept. 25, 2025
- Mary Bason — appointed July 26, 2017
- Professor PETER MICHAEL MARQUIS — appointed Aug. 27, 2012
- Robert Bates — appointed July 28, 2015
- Robert Rollason — appointed April 1, 2020
- VALERIE KATHLEEN GEORGE