WEST HORSLEY PLACE TRUST

1. WEST HORSLEY PLACE TRUST 2020-02-21 → present
2. MARY ROXBURGHE TRUST 2015-09-25 → 2020-02-21

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Abridged

Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)

Auditor

Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the group financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the group financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. WEST HORSLEY PLACE TRUST · parent
   1. West Horsley Place Limited 100% · United Kingdom · trading activities that are outside the charitable purpose of the Charity

Significant events

• “Completion of urgent conservation works to a 17th century chimney at the Manor House, a highly important feature of the house's development, and to an over-470 year old ceiling, the Geraldine ceiling, believed to be the oldest plasterwork ceiling in the country.”
• “Sensory Garden opened: The much-anticipated Sensory Garden welcomed the public, marking a successful conclusion to the Heritage Without Barriers initiative.”
• “Completion of the Geraldine Room ceiling restoration: Conservation works were finished in October 2024, safeguarding the historically significant mid-16th-century plasterwork.”
• “Major chimney restoration: A focused project addressed the deteriorating Chimney 6 on the 15th-century West Range of the Manor House during the summer and autumn of 2024.”
• “National Lottery Heritage Fund grant awarded: A significant grant was secured for enhancing the visitor experience and developing the strategic direction of the estate.”
• “New Chair of Trustees appointed: Following a targeted recruitment, Keith Bannister was appointed as Chair of the Board of Trustees and took up this leadership role in April 2025, strengthening governance at a pivotal period.”
• “Water management - Phase 2. Following the successful delivery of phase 1, we delivered phase 2 of water resilience measures in collaboration with Surrey Hills National Landscape and Surrey County Council's Flood & Climate Resilience team.”
• “Woodland Management Plan approved our estate wide woodland management plan was approved by the Forestry Commission, which unlocks funding potential and grants us a felling licence.”
• “Hosting Henry VIII Festival - in July 2024 we hosted the inaugural Hosting Henry VIII festival.”
• “Shrouded in silence we hosted Whistlestop Arts' exhibition, Shrouded in Silence.”
• “Development of a Family Arts Programme”
• “Future secured for Festival of Revels”
• “In year, the Trust incurred unbudgeted costs contributing significantly to our expenditure. These included a one-off payment to conclude repair works to the A246, legal fees related to the same, and professional fees related to the recruitment of a new Chair.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +99.4%

  £143,955 → £287,072

• Cash

  -22.7%

  £276,788 → £213,972

• Net assets

  +0.3%

  £15,071,317 → £15,116,435

• Employees

  0%

  13 → 13

• Wages

  +5%

  £387,893 → £407,379

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers