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National Trust
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conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Key facts
- Established
- 1895 ; 131 years ago ( 1895 ) (company limited by guarantee) 1907 ; 119 years ago ( 1907 ) (reincorporated as statutory corporation)
- Legal status
- Statutory corporation
- Purpose
- To look after Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty permanently for the benefit of the nation across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Headquarters
- Heelis , Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Region served
- England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Members
- 5.38 million (2023/24)
- Key people
- King Charles III , (patron) René Olivieri, (chairman) Hilary McGrady , ( director general )
- Main organ
- Board of trustees
- Revenue
- £723.8 million (2023/24)
- Staff
- 14,000
- Volunteers
- 53,000
- Website
- nationaltrust .org .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1895
- Location
- Rotherham, United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.421617.7 · ISNI 0000 0001 2353 7415
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- collection
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Field of work
- restoration
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Founded by
- Octavia Hill
- Headquarters
- Swindon
- Chairperson
- Charles III
- Employees
- 8746
- Revenue
- 766195000
- Official website
- www.nationaltrust.org.uk
- Image
- LogoNT.JPG
- Motto
- For ever, for everyone
Show 11 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:National Trust
- inception
- 1895-01-12
- Commons category
- National Trust
- Commons Institution page
- National Trust
- different from
- national trust
- social media followers
- 952737
- online catalog URL
- www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk
- donations
- 87106000
- number of volunteers
- 42590
- P13249
- National Trust
- bequest income
- 62812000
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Encyclopedic overview
The National Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in the United Kingdom, operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.
The Trust was founded in 1895 by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Hardwicke Rawnsley to "promote the permanent preservation for the benefit of the Nation of lands and tenements (including buildings) of beauty or historic interest". It has since been given statutory powers, starting with the National Trust Act 1907. In its early days, the Trust usually acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal. After World War II the loss of country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners or through the National Land Fund.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “National Trust” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.