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Where does National Trust money go?

Funding from the National Trust is awarded to nonprofit organizations and public agencies, and the majority of our funding is awarded for planning and education projects through our National Trust Preservation Funds grant program.



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A National Trust membership is absolutely worth it. With over incredible 500 sites to visit for free throughout the country it is easy to see how the National Trust has amassed so many members! We have now renewed our membership and are looking forward to seeing what places we're able to visit in 2022.

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For more than 125 years, generations of people have helped us to look after nature, beauty and history. With your support we can continue this vital work, and preserve precious places for everyone, for ever.

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With over 500,000 annual visitors, Attingham Park was the most visited National Trust property in 2020-21. Giant's Causeway, in Northern Ireland, is the most Instagrammable National Trust site, with 319,000 posts tagged at this location.

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On August 14, 1997 Scotiabank purchased the National Trust Company.

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We have over 11,000 dedicated and skilled employees, who are proud to work for us.

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Alfriston Clergy House in Alfriston, Polegate, East Sussex, England, was the first built property to be acquired by the National Trust. It was purchased in 1896 for £10. The house lies adjacent to the Church of St. Andrew.

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Your National Trust membership card allows you free entry to over 500 places in our care.

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Note that although most National Trust properties are in England, the Trust does care for several properties in Wales as well.

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It is facing a renewed challenge from the breakaway members' group, Restore Trust, which has put forward five candidates for election to charity's 36-strong council this year. In recent years the group has been vocal about its concerns that the trust has strayed from its founding mission.

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The top competitors of National Trust include Sociability, Hiiker, TravelOK, TripLingo and Vibemap. National Trust has 559 active competitors. Here is a list of the top 10 competitors of National Trust, ranked by Tracxn score: Sociability - London based, 2018 founded, Seed company.

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We're the nation's largest farm owner with nearly 250,000 hectares of land and more than 1,300 tenant farmers.

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Area Ranger In this role, you'll be responsible for the day-to-day management of our places and the delivery of public benefit and nature conservation gains.

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Record year for fundraised income The National Trust said in its accounts that 2022-23 was “a time of renewal but against a challenging backdrop of high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis”. Overall, its total income reached £682m, an increase of £38.6m on the previous year, against total expenditure of £733m.

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