# LEEDS CASTLE FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 268354
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 29, 1974
- **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=268354


## Contact

- **Address:** LEEDS CASTLE, BROOMFIELD, MAIDSTONE
- **Postcode:** ME17 1PL
- **Phone:** 01622765400
- **Email:** enquiries@leeds-castle.co.uk
- **Website:** www.leeds-castle.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION TO RELIEVE POVERTY TO ADVANCE RELIGION AND TO PROMOTE AND AID SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PRESERVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE WHOLE OR PARTS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR GROUNDS KNOWN AS LEEDS CASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF KENT AND TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE MEDICAL RESEARCH, AND TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN ANY BRANCH OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

**Activities:** The aims and activities of Leeds Castle Foundation are to preserve the Castle, its collections and its grounds for the benefit and enjoyment of the public.  Its secondary aim is to provide a location for discussion and debate of medical science, and a forum for the arts.  The Castle and its grounds are made available to the general public for 364 days per annum.

**Area of benefit:** THE COUNTY OF KENT




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kent



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 29, 2025 | £12693000 | £12866000 | £22089000 | 207 |
| March 29, 2024 | £11910000 | £11921000 | £22179000 | 201 |
| March 29, 2023 | £10922000 | £10756000 | £22744000 | 110 |
| March 29, 2022 | £9611000 | £10018000 | £22256000 | 98 |
| March 29, 2021 | £3765000 | £6875000 | £20601000 | 163 |



## Trustees

- Adrian Tinniswood — appointed March 16, 2018
- Helen Deeble — appointed March 15, 2019
- Judith Armitt — appointed Sept. 29, 2023
- Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith — appointed April 30, 2021
- Rosaleen Clare Kerslake BA MBA CBE — appointed Sept. 30, 2022
- Ruth Knight — appointed Sept. 29, 2023
- Sarah Eleanor Masotti — appointed Sept. 29, 2023
- sarah elizabeth roots — appointed Sept. 23, 2023