The Palace Trust

Active09404519 Private company limited by guarantee

What The Palace Trust say about themselves

“800 year old heritage attraction | medieval Palace & 14 acres RHS Partner gardens | Wells, Somerset | re-enactment events - tours - award-winning café”

— from bishopspalace.org.uk
Incorporated
26 January 2015 (11 years)
Industry
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (91030)
Directors
Sally Anne Strachey
Caroline Brawley
Accounts type
Group
Region
South West
Address
The Palace Trust
The Bishops Palace
Wells
BA5 2PD

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
9 February 2027
Last conf. stmt
26 January 2026

Officers 11 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Strachey, Sally Anne
Director · Appointed 20 November 2025
British
Born May 1953 (73)
Kidd, Merryn
Secretary · Appointed 16 July 2025
Brawley, Caroline
Director · Appointed 1 September 2024
British
Born November 1968
Director · Appointed 1 September 2024
Also at Primrose Three Limited, Marchant-Holliday School Limited, Haynes Motor Museum Ltd · more companies
British
Born May 1974 (52)
Director · Appointed 1 June 2024
Also at Palace Enterprises (Wells) Limited · more companies
British
Born August 1967 (59)
Macdonald, Katharine Isolde Elisabeth
Director · Appointed 2 May 2023
British
Born December 1982 (43)
Director · Appointed 15 September 2022
Also at SPCK Publishing Holdings Limited, Sarum College, Bath and Wells Diocesan Board of Finance(the)
British
Born November 1968
Hawes, Roger
Director · Appointed 1 December 2021
British
Born December 1960 (65)
Director · Appointed 1 October 2021
Also at Palace Enterprises (Wells) Limited, Royal Geographical Society Enterprises Limited
British
Born December 1962 (63)
Director · Appointed 1 September 2021
British
Born March 1950 (76)
Director · Appointed 18 February 2021
Also at Palace Public Occasions Limited, Ymca Essex (Trading) Ltd., Ymca Essex · more companies
British
Born June 1972 (54)
Officer history (26 former)
26 February 2026
Resigned Revell, Claire Jane as Director
20 November 2025
Appointed Strachey, Sally Anne as Director
16 July 2025
Appointed Kidd, Merryn as Secretary
16 July 2025
Resigned Peppard, Hollie Louise as Secretary
1 March 2025
Resigned Forsey, Samuel Grant as Director
1 December 2024
Resigned Denison, Nicholas John as Director
1 December 2024
Resigned Stickland, Peter Bruce Graham as Director
1 December 2024
Resigned Boylan, Maureen Frances Anne as Director
1 September 2024
Appointed Brawley, Caroline as Director
1 September 2024
Appointed Revell, Claire Jane as Director
1 September 2024
Appointed Hopkins, Natasha Elena as Director
1 June 2024
Appointed Beedle, Gregory Merrick as Director
31 May 2024
Resigned Wills, Julie Annette as Director
15 May 2024
Resigned Beedle, Gregory Merrick as Secretary
15 May 2024
Appointed Peppard, Hollie Louise as Secretary
25 May 2023
Appointed Forsey, Samuel Grant as Director
25 May 2023
Appointed Beedle, Gregory Merrick as Secretary
25 May 2023
Resigned Lansdown, Natalie as Secretary
2 May 2023
Appointed Macdonald, Katharine Isolde Elisabeth as Director
1 April 2023
Resigned Reed, Claire as Director
25 January 2023
17 November 2022
Resigned Roberts-Wray, Brian Philip as Director
17 November 2022
Resigned Wood, David as Director
12 October 2022
1 October 2022
15 September 2022
Appointed Beasley, Noel Michael Roy, Bishop as Director
1 December 2021
Appointed Lansdown, Natalie as Secretary
1 December 2021
Appointed Reed, Claire as Director
1 December 2021
Appointed Hawes, Roger as Director
18 November 2021
Resigned Blandford, Michael Richard Eric as Director
15 October 2021
Resigned Martin, Rosie as Secretary
1 October 2021
Appointed Dickinson, Paul Richard as Director
1 September 2021
Appointed Willmott, Trevor, Rt Revd as Director
25 May 2021
1 May 2021
Resigned Hancock, Peter, Rt Revd as Director
18 February 2021
Appointed Minta, Michael Timothy as Director
14 February 2021
Resigned Brown, Kevin, Dr as Director
15 October 2020
Resigned Nuttall, Nicola Mary as Director
15 October 2020
Resigned Nayler, Georgina Ruth as Director
15 October 2020
Resigned Watts, Nerys as Director
15 October 2020
Resigned Gofton, Ruth as Director
27 April 2020
Appointed Watts, Nerys as Director
4 March 2020
Appointed Wills, Julie Annette as Director
12 December 2019
Appointed Nayler, Georgina Ruth as Director
7 February 2019
Resigned Bollard, Maureen Joy as Director
15 January 2019
Resigned Trimmer, Matthew as Director
1 December 2017
Appointed Denison, Nicholas John as Director
1 July 2017
1 July 2017
Appointed Roberts-Wray, Brian Philip as Director
1 July 2017
Appointed Trimmer, Matthew as Director
1 July 2017
Appointed Boylan, Maureen Frances Anne as Director
1 July 2017
Appointed Nuttall, Nicola Mary as Director
21 July 2016
Resigned Denison, Nicholas John as Director
14 May 2015
14 April 2015
Appointed Hancock, Peter, Rt Revd as Director
14 April 2015
Appointed Blandford, Michael Richard Eric as Director
14 April 2015
Appointed Martin, Rosie as Secretary
14 April 2015
Appointed Bollard, Maureen Joy as Director
14 April 2015
Appointed Gofton, Ruth as Director
14 April 2015
Appointed Denison, Nicholas John as Director
26 January 2015
Appointed Brown, Kevin, Dr as Director
26 January 2015
Appointed Wood, David as Director
26 January 2015
Appointed Stickland, Peter Bruce Graham as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Holdings 1

Companies where The Palace Trust is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
Active
Former controllers (22)
13 March 2023
Ceased Michael Timothy Minta — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Claire Reed — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Roger Hawes — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Paul Richard Dickinson — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Rt Revd Trevor Willmott — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
13 March 2023
Ceased Bishop Noel Michael Roy Beasley — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Peter Bruce Graham Stickland — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Julie Annette Wills — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Nicolas Denison — Has significant influence or control
13 March 2023
Ceased Maureen Boylan — Has significant influence or control
17 November 2022
Ceased Brian Philip Roberts-Wray — Has significant influence or control
17 November 2022
Ceased David Wood — Has significant influence or control
12 October 2022
Ceased Elizabeth Gass — Has significant influence or control
1 October 2022
Ceased Right Rev Ruth Elizabeth Worsley — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)
18 November 2021
Ceased Michael Richard Eric Blandford — Has significant influence or control
1 May 2021
Ceased Rt Revd Peter Hancock — Has significant influence or control
14 February 2021
Ceased Kevin Brown — Has significant influence or control
15 October 2020
Ceased Ruth Gofton — Has significant influence or control
15 October 2020
Ceased Nicola Nattal — Has significant influence or control
11 May 2020
Ceased Nerys Watts — Has significant influence or control
7 February 2019
Ceased Maureen Joy Bollard — Has significant influence or control
15 January 2019
Ceased Matthew Trimmer — Has significant influence or control

Filings 124

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
31 May 2026Group of companies' accounts31 December 2025
2 March 2026Confirmation statement with no updates26 January 2026
27 February 2026Termination of appointment of a director
21 January 2026Appointment of a director
20 August 2025Group of companies' accounts31 December 2024
Show all 124 filings

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