# SHAKESPEARE SOUTHAMPTON LEGACY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184734
- **Other names:** SSLT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 2, 2019
- **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=1184734


## Contact

- **Address:** PALACE HOUSE, BEAULIEU, BROCKENHURST
- **Postcode:** SO42 7YL
- **Phone:** 001590614705
- **Email:** sslt@beaulieu.co.uk
- **Website:** shakespearesouthamptonlegacytrust.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, THROUGH THE APPRECIATION AND STUDY OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WRIOTHESLEY, EARLS OF SOUTHAMPTON (1505-1667), INCLUDING THEIR COLLATERAL DESCENT, WITH ADDED REFERENCE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SHAKESPEAREAN KNOWLEDGE AS IT RELATES TO HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, 3RD EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON (1573-1624), WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S SOLE DEDICATEE; INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY • ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING, AN ONLINE REPOSITORY OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, RECORDS OF HISTORIC INTEREST, PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OBJECTS OF ANTIQUITY• SPONSORING, HOSTING, AND CONTRIBUTING TO CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND COMMEMORATION EVENTS BRINGING TOGETHER INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WORLDWIDE• PROMOTING, PRODUCING AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION MEDIA SUCH AS THE INTERNET, RADIO, TELEVISION, LIBRARIES, UNIVERSITY PRESSES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES AND EXHIBITIONS• DEVELOPING, SUPPORTING, AND MAKING RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES, AND GRANTS2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE HISTORIC GRADE 1 LISTED BUILDING KNOWN AS ST PETER’S PARISH CHURCH TITCHFIELD, HAMPSHIRE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE CHAPEL, MONUMENTS, AND SUBTERRANEAN SEPULCHRE OF THE WRIOTHESLEY, EARLS OF SOUTHAMPTON

**Activities:** To advance education and heritage preservation, through the appreciation and study of the life and times of the Wriothesley Earls of Southampton (1505-1667), including their collateral descent, with added reference to the advancement of Shakespearean knowledge as it relates to Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, William Shakespeare's sole dedicatee.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £101800 | £57416 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £31330 | £59513 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £37505 | £13640 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £14792 | £17657 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £31104 | £4525 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Ralph Douglas-Scott Montagu** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 24, 2017
- Dorna Louise Bewley M.A. — appointed Dec. 24, 2017
- Laura Kay Matthias — appointed Dec. 24, 2017
- Lisa Wilson — appointed April 14, 2025