# THE PALACE TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160830
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09404519](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09404519)
- **Registered:** March 11, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1160830


## Contact

- **Address:** The Bishops Palace, WELLS, Somerset
- **Postcode:** BA5 2PD
- **Phone:** 01749 988111
- **Email:** info@bishopspalace.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.bishopspalace.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE NEW COMPANY HAS BEEN SET UP WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS: TO PRESERVE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE FABRIC OF THE BISHOP&#x27;S PALACE (AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST) IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO THE BISHOP&#x27;S PALACE BY THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR EDUCATION AND INTEREST AND TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS WILL ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE AND ARE APPROVED BY THE CHURCH COMMISSIONERS.IN THE ARTICLES, CHARITABLE MEANS CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES PROVIDED THAT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND / OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE SYSTEM OF LAW GOVERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITY IS THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

**Activities:** The Palace Trust aims to preserve and make accessible The Bishop&#x27;s Palace and its fourteen acres of gardens to the public, as a place of historic, architectural and landscape interest.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Somerset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Roger Hawes** | Chair | Dec. 1, 2021 |
| Caroline Brawley |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Claire Revell |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Gregory Beedle |  | June 1, 2024 |
| Katharine Macdonald |  | May 2, 2024 |
| Michael Minta |  | Feb. 18, 2021 |
| Natasha Hopkins |  | Sept. 1, 2024 |
| Paul Richard Dickinson |  | Oct. 1, 2021 |
| Right Rev Trevor Willmott |  | Sept. 1, 2021 |
| Rt Revd Noel Michael Roy Beasley |  | Sept. 15, 2022 |
| Sally Strachey |  | Nov. 20, 2025 |




