BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Active
Company number 09430048Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2015

Key figures

£28,355,000+16.2%
Net assets 2024/25
+16.2%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
010 m20 m30 m2023/242024/25

† BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 91030

Where the company stands among the 758 active companies whose first SIC code is 91030 (Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions).

Turnover£30,955,000
Higher than 97% · median £1,108,264 among 72 that publish turnover
Net assets£28,355,000
Higher than 97% · median £45,625
Total assets£40,257,000
Higher than 97% · median £104,951
Cash£672,000
Higher than 84% · median £54,779
Company age11.8 years
Younger than 73% · median 19.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION£826.1m
  2. MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS SOUTH BANK AND DUNGEONS LIMITED£130.2m
  3. THE HMS VICTORY PRESERVATION COMPANY£74m
  4. THE AUCKLAND PROJECT£74m
  5. NMRN OPERATIONS£48.6m
  6. THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST£42.9m
  7. TRENTHAM LEISURE LTD.£38.6m
  8. CHATSWORTH HOUSE TRUST£37m
  9. DARTINGTON HALL TRUST(THE)£28.5m
  10. BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION£28.4m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 758. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

What kind of company is it?

BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 09430048. It was incorporated on 9 Feb 2015. Its status is active. The registered office is in Woodstock (OX20). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £30,955,000. Net assets were £28,355,000, up 16.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £672,000. Total assets were £40,257,000 and total liabilities £11,902,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 758 active companies whose first SIC code is 91030: By turnover it ranks higher than 97% of the 72 that publish turnover (median £1,108,264). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £45,625). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £104,951). By cash it ranks higher than 84% of them (median £54,779). It is younger than 73% of them (median age 19.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £750k. It is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants worth £3.4m, mainly from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 1166164) with a latest reported income of £31m. HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly live plants and flowers.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 23 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover28,885,00030,955,000
Cash at bank and in hand—672,000
Total assets36,001,00040,257,000
Total liabilities11,592,00011,902,000
Net assets / total equity24,409,00028,355,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

1 contract

BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Its published value is £750k.

Contract
  1. Venue Hire for FCDO Hosted Event‡Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office · £750,000

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

9 grants

BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATION is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants since 2019, together worth £3.4m.

Funders
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4 grants · £3.3m
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
4 grants · £132k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £8,461
Grants
  1. CUSTOMIZED GAMES AND ROUTES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGEDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £66,746 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  2. CUSTOMIZED GAMES AND ROUTES FOR CULTURAL HERITAGEDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £37,973 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  3. Oxford Brookes University and Blenheim Palace Heritage FoundationDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £8,461 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  4. Country Estate Carbon Demonstrator Project - Blenheim PalaceDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £15,524 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  5. CRF21 Blenheim Palace Heritage FoundationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £825,700 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
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  1. Blenheim PalaceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £18,750 · ALB-Historic England-Heritage Stimulus Fund Emergency Heritage at Risk Response Fund
  2. CRF20 Blenheim PalaceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,896,000 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
  3. ALB-Historic England-Blenheim Palace World Heritage SiteDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £543,361 · ALB-Historic England-Heritage Stimulus Fund Grants for Programmes of Major Works-f/y 20/21
  4. Oxford Brookes University and Blenheim Palace Heritage FoundationDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £11,744 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 1166164
Registered with the Charity Commission
22 Mar 2016
Income, year to 31 Mar 2025
£31m
Spending
£27.8m

Blenheim Palace Heritage Foundation operates a visitor business which simultaneously raises funds for vital restoration and preservation whilst sharing the Palace and Park's extensive history and beauty to the public.

View on the register of charities

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 1 of the last 12 months on record, most recently October 2025. Main goods: live plants and flowers.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

14 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £31m, net assets £28.4m
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £28.9m, net assets £24.4m
  3. Mr Richard James Jessel ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Mr Alexander Pepys Muir ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Mr Anthony John Thompson ceased to be a person with significant control
  6. Lord Edward Albert Charles Spencer-Churchill ceased to be a person with significant control
  7. Mr Richard James Jessel registered as a person with significant control
  8. Sir Mark Aubrey Weinberg ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (6)
  1. Name changed to BLENHEIM PALACE HERITAGE FOUNDATIONPreviously BLENHEIM HERITAGE FOUNDATION
  2. Mr Alexander Pepys Muir registered as a person with significant control
  3. Mr Anthony John Thompson registered as a person with significant control
  4. Lord Edward Albert Charles Spencer-Churchill registered as a person with significant control
  5. Sir Mark Aubrey Weinberg registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.