Annual Review 2012 - The Prince of Wales

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The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
Annual Review 2012
Annual Review 2012 Contents
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INTRODUCTION
Summary
Engagements and Activities
Environmental Responsibility
Royal Duties and Charitable Activities
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
BITC Business Connectors
Tenth anniversary of 9/11
The Duchess of Cornwall promotes literacy
The Prince’s House
The Prince’s Trust
The International Sustainability Unit
Support for the Armed Forces
Urban Regeneration
Dumfries House
National Osteoporosis Society
20 | 37INCOME, EXPENDITURE,
STAFF AND SUSTAINABILITY
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Income and Expenditure Account
23 Income and Funding
23 Expenditure
26 Staff
27 Staff and Office organization
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Annual visits
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Official costs analysed by
expenditure category
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Sustainability Account
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40 SEPTEMBER 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
meet schoolchildren as they arrive at Gracehill
Old School in Gracehill, Northern Ireland.
£131million
Raised for charity
APPENDIX
Portfolios of the Senior Management Portfolios
The Prince’s Charities
AUGUST 2011
The Prince of Wales meets firemen at Croydon Fire
Station, Surrey, who were among the emergency
services dealing with the summer riots in London.
FRONT COVER
March 2012. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
arrive at Kronborg Castle in Denmark during their tour of Scandinavia.
The purpose of this Annual Review is to provide a brief
overview of The Prince of Wales’s and The Duchess of
Cornwall’s official and charitable activities, and to provide
information about their income and official expenditure
for the year to 31st March 2012.
DECEMBER 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join The Prince
of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as they attend
a concert in aid of their charities, at the Royal Albert
Hall, London.
JUNE 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall,
known as The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, during
the Drumhead Service in Edinburgh, Scotland.
01 | TRH ANNUAL REVIEW 2012
Summary
AUGUST 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall meet
children at the Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, north
London, during a visit to riot-affected areas of the capital.
This Annual Review covers the year to 31st March 2012. In addition to this
introduction, which includes a selection of engagements from the year,
an explanation of the environmental impact of Household activities and
a brief overview of the principal elements of Their Royal Highnesses’
role, it has two sections: one illustrating how The Prince of Wales and
The Duchess of Cornwall make a difference through their activities and
the work of their charities, initiatives and organizations; and one briefly
outlining how Their Royal Highnesses’ work and office are financed.
While there is no established constitutional role for The Heir to The Throne,
The Prince of Wales seeks, with the support of his wife, The Duchess of
Cornwall, to do all he can to make a difference for the better in the UK and
internationally. The way in which His Royal Highness does so can, in simple
terms, be divided into three parts: undertaking royal duties in support of The
Queen; working as a charitable entrepreneur; and promoting and protecting
national traditions, virtues and excellence. More details on Their Royal
Highnesses’ roles and work can be found on pages 8-9 and at
www.princeofwales.gov.uk.
Summary
The way The Prince of Wales fulfils his public duties is largely constant from year
to year, and in 2011-12 the key themes were: working with the private, public and
NGO sectors on sustainability, the regeneration of communities and turning young
people’s lives around; Their Royal Highnesses’ support for the Armed Forces; and
their work for the British Government on overseas visits.
The Prince of Wales has spent a great part of his working life supporting
disadvantaged young people and encouraging businesses to help tackle
social and economic problems in their communities. In 2011-12, the importance
of this work was brought sharply into focus in the wake of the Summer inner-city
disturbances in London and other English cities. In August, The Prince and
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The Prince and The Duchess
undertook 58 engagements with the
Armed Forces at home and abroad
“The Prince of Wales has
spent a great part of his
working life supporting
disadvantaged young people
and encouraging businesses
to help tackle social and
economic problems in
their communities.”
Summary
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
Year to 31st March
2012
£000s
2011
£000s
Income from Duchy of Cornwall
Funding from Grants-in-Aid
and Government Departments
Total income and funding
18,288
17,796
2,194
20,482
1,962
19,758
Official expenditure
12,025
11,406
8,457
4,496
2,609
8,352
4,398
2,539
1,118
234
1,184
231
2012
Tonnes
2011
Tonnes
1,497
1,206
2,079
1,523
438
2,166
Surplus after official costs
Taxation
Non-official expenditure
Capital expenditure (less depreciation),
loan repayments and transfers to reserves
Net cash surplus
SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNT
Year to 31st March
CO2 equivalent emissions
Household: sources under the Household’s control
Household: official overseas travel
The Home Farm
The Duchess visited Tottenham, Hackney and Croydon, where they met victims
of the troubles, local businesses and community leaders.
Income and Funding
(Total £20.482m)
£18.288m Income from
Duchy of Cornwall
£2.194m Funding from
Grants-in-Aid and
Government Departments
The Prince has been drawing attention to the problems of over consumption
of finite natural resources and climate change for many years, and in 2011-12
the work of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation’s International
Sustainability Unit (ISU), which seeks to find solutions to some of the
planet’s key environmental challenges, featured prominently.
With British Forces operating around the world, the Royal Family plays an
important role in highlighting their work and sacrifice and in supporting morale
among the troops and their families, and in 2011-12 The Prince and The Duchess
undertook 58 engagements with the Armed Forces at home and abroad.
Expenditure and Tax
(Total £20.248m)
£12.025m
£4.496m Taxation
£2.609m
£1.118m
Capital expenditure
(less depreciation),
loan repayments
and transfers
to reserves
For historical financial data please visit:
www.princeofwales.gov.uk
Travelling overseas on behalf of the UK remains an important part of Their
Royal Highnesses’ work and in November 2011, as part of their longstanding engagement with and commitment to Commonwealth nations,
they travelled to South Africa and Tanzania. In March 2012, The Prince and
The Duchess visited Norway, Sweden and Denmark in the first of their overseas
tours to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Prince of Wales also made a
series of shorter working trips abroad during the year to, separately, the United
States of America, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The Prince of Wales is Heir to the Throne of 15 Commonwealth Realms in
addition to the UK, and although he spends the majority of his time in Britain
His Royal Highness endeavours to maintain his responsibilities and links
to the Realms. For example, last year he held meetings in London with the
Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand and with the Governor General
of Canada, he hosted a concert and reception for the Australian Chamber
Orchestra at St James’s Palace and he and The Duchess invited Commanding
Officers of their Canadian regiments to dinner at Highgrove.
In 2011-12, The Prince of Wales undertook a total
of 670 official engagements, of which 74 were
overseas, and The Duchess of Cornwall undertook
246 engagements, of which 54 were overseas.
Full listing of this year’s engagements and activities can be
found at www.princeofwales.gov.uk
MAY 2011
US President Barack Obama meets
The Prince of Wales in the Oval
Office of the White House.
APRIL 2011
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wave to the
crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace
following their wedding at Westminster Abbey.
9,478
117
Guests attended events at Royal residences
MARCH 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall visits
the National Memorial Monument at the
Kastellet Citadel, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Receptions, seminars, lunches and dinners
76,825
Letters received from the public
188
86
Meetings and briefings
Towns and cities in the UK visited
by Their Royal Highnesses
JUNE 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall watch a
display of traditional Welsh folk dancing by children from Ysgol
Rhys Prichard Primary School at Llandovery Railway Station.
47,622
Miles travelled to and from
official engagements in the UK and overseas
MARCH 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall visits The British
International Primary School in Stockholm.
JULY 2011
NOVEMBER 2011
The Prince of Wales hosts a reception at
St James’s Palace for members of the West
African community in Britain. Photo: Paul Burns.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of
Cornwall arrive for an official welcome at the
State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The Prince of Wales has been an environmental leader for over
40 years, working with businesses, charities, governments and other
organizations to help promote sustainable ways of living and working.
The Household strives to minimise its environmental impact across
its activities, including travel, energy use and the indirect impact of
the products and services it uses.
Carbon emissions from energy use and travel directly under the Household’s
control fell by two per cent this year, taking the total to 41 per cent since 2007.
While many of the greatest savings have already been made, the Household
aims to make further long-term reductions in its carbon emissions by reducing its
fossil fuel use and making greater use of renewable energy sources. About half
of office and domestic energy comes from renewable sources including wood
chip boilers, heat pumps, solar panels and electricity from renewable sources.
Looking beyond its direct impact, the Household also considers environmental
criteria in its procurement and works with suppliers on their own performance.
The Prince of Wales’s Royal Warrant Holders, for example, are expected to
demonstrate that they understand the environmental and social impacts of
their business and that they have a policy and measures in place to address
these. Business in the Community, one of The Prince’s Charities, works with
Warrant Holders and a wide range of other businesses to promote responsible
business practices.
The Prince of Wales continues to address many of today’s most significant
environmental challenges, including climate change, sustainable agriculture,
fisheries and depletion of natural capital, through the work of various
initiatives and projects. This is often in partnership with governments,
the private sector and non-governmental organizations.
The International Sustainability Unit has, this year, worked on highlighting the
economic, social and environmental benefits that would result from moving
towards more sustainable agricultural systems and wild marine fisheries. It has
published two major reports on these subjects – What Price Resilience? and
Towards Global Sustainable Fisheries: The Opportunity for Transition. The
Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project is helping develop the tools
and guidance required for organizations to embed sustainability into their
decision-making, including recognising the contribution that natural capital
plays in the production of goods and services and the value lost through,
for example, pollution and deforestation.
In overall terms, His Royal Highness adopts an integrated approach to tackling
environmental problems, encompassing not just efforts to reduce his Household’s
impact and his specific environmental projects and initiatives, but also his work in
many other fields. This work covers a wide range of inter-connected areas, from
supporting small-scale farmers to promoting a more sustainable approach to
planning and designing homes and communities in a way that enhances and adds
value to the social, natural and built environment.
41%
The decline since 2007 in carbon
emissions from energy use and travel
directly under the Household’s control.
Emissions under the Household's control
Total CO2 (tonnes)
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
The carbon emissions have been prepared according
to the Household’s Carbon Reporting Policy. Further
details are available at www.princeofwales.gov.uk.
THE HOME FARM
The Prince has been applying sustainable
agricultural practices at The Home Farm
for several decades. Photo: Marie Commiskey
“ Hedgerows, field margins
and cover-crops help reduce
soil and nutrient loss and
consequent greenhouse
gas emissions.”
The Prince has been applying
sustainable agricultural practices
at The Home Farm for several
decades. The farm is managed
on an organic basis to protect
and enhance Nature’s capital
assets such as healthy soil
and biodiversity. These, in
turn, produce economic benefits,
including fertility, carbon storage
and pollination that are not
normally accounted for when
valuing a farm’s output.
A key part of this management is the
seven-year field rotation that includes
clover and livestock to build soil
fertility without the costs of artificial
fertilisers. Hedgerows, field margins
and cover-crops help reduce soil
and nutrient loss and consequent
greenhouse gas emissions as well
as supporting wildlife.
The farm produces a wide range of
foods, including cereals, vegetables,
meat and milk, much of which is sold
within the local region.
NOVEMBER 2011
Their Royal Highnesses wave to the crowds
welcoming them to Freedom Square in Soweto,
Johannesburg, during their official visit to South Africa.
The work of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall includes
supporting The Queen in her role as a focal point of national pride, unity
and allegiance, championing charitable endeavour through the many
charities, patronages, projects and initiatives with which they are
associated, and promoting and protecting the country’s traditions,
virtues and excellence.
Supporting The Queen
During the year Their Royal Highnesses undertook a wide variety of engagements,
both at home and abroad, ranging from attending ceremonial and national
occasions and supporting the Armed Forces, to undertaking official overseas tours
to further Britain’s international interests and to support the Commonwealth. In the
UK, The Prince and The Duchess visited communities across England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland in the course of their duties, while their work overseas
on behalf of the Government and in support of the Commonwealth took them
to South Africa, Tanzania, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the United States of
America, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Charitable Activities
For more than 30 years The Prince of Wales has been a leader in identifying
charitable need and setting up and driving forward charities to meet it. From
the early days of The Prince’s Trust in the mid-1970s his charitable interests
have grown to the point where his 16 charities represent, as a group, the
largest multi-cause charitable enterprise in the UK. Employing more than
1,800 people between them, the charities are active in a broad range of
areas, including the built environment, responsible business, helping
disadvantaged young people and international sustainability.
FEBRUARY 2012
The Prince of Wales meets local
children during a tour of the
market in the centre of Great
Yarmouth, Norfolk.
MARCH 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall shares a laugh with service
personnel as she officially opens the King George VI
Lines during a visit to The King’s Troop Royal Horse
Artillery in Woolwich, London.
63
Charities and organizations of which The Duchess
of Cornwall is either Patron or President
MARCH 2012
The Prince of Wales visits The Welsh Guards
at Cavalry Barracks in Hounslow, London, to
present leeks to mark St. David’s Day.
“Among other things,
His Royal Highness’s
work involves highlighting
achievements or issues
that, without his support,
might otherwise receive
little exposure.”
Such is the scale of work that in 2011-12 His Royal Highness assisted,
directly or indirectly, with raising £131 million to support their activities.
Additionally, significant sums of money are donated to charitable causes
from the income of his social enterprises, among them The Prince’s food
business, Duchy Originals from Waitrose.
While each one of them is an independent entity with a separate Board
of Trustees, they all work together within “The Prince’s Charities” group.
They work closely on matters such as corporate governance, fund-raising,
planning, finance, communications, human resources and research,
to maximize synergy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
The Duchess of Cornwall is also very actively involved in supporting
charitable endeavour, primarily through the 63 charities and organizations
of which she is Patron or President. Her charity work is varied, but several
themes prevail: health, promoting literacy, helping those in need, Cornwallbased charities, heritage and the arts, and animal welfare. Perhaps her
best-known involvement is with the National Osteoporosis Society, the
charity with which she has had a long association after the brittle bone
disease caused the death of her mother and grandmother.
Promoting and Protecting
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall seek to promote and
protect, through their work, the country’s enduring traditions, virtues and
excellence. Among other things, His Royal Highness’s work involves
highlighting achievements or issues that, without his support, might
otherwise receive little exposure, supporting Britain’s rural communities,
encouraging sustainable farming, and promoting tolerance and greater
understanding between different faiths and communities.
Making a Difference
KAY HORNE
One of the first Business Connectors, Kay is a Sainsbury’s
senior store manager working in Tottenham, London, to help
the local community recover from the riots of August 2011.
BITC Business Connectors
The Prince of Wales has spent
more than 25 years as President
of Business in the Community
(BITC) encouraging companies
to tackle the pressing social
and economic issues facing
disadvantaged communities.
One of BITC’s newest programmes
is “Business Connectors”, launched in
2010 when The Prince and the charity
realised there was a particular need for
dedicated individuals from business to
work in deprived communities.
Business Connectors is a network
of company secondees trained by
Business in the Community to work
full-time tackling social issues in
local neighbourhoods. They are
already making a tangible difference
to the lives of individuals, for
example: in Middlesbrough,
launching an enterprise incubation
space for young entrepreneurs,
enabling 14 new retail businesses
to trade successfully; in Lambeth,
creating 150 new job opportunities
for young people in the borough; and
in a deprived south London estate
securing 100 business volunteers to
rebuild a community centre.
One of the first Business Connectors
is Kay Horne, a Sainsbury’s senior
store manager working in Tottenham.
Kay arrived there immediately after
the August 2011 riots and initially
worked with small business to help
connect them with £300,000 of vital
support offered by the High Street
Fund to rebuild damaged premises
and businesses. Since then Kay
Making a Difference
“The skills I have learned
so far have been invaluable
and I can absolutely see
the benefit to not only
the community and
businesses, but to
me personally and my
employer Sainsbury’s.”
Kay Horne, Business Connector
has supported an under-resourced
boxing club, which works to build the
confidence, discipline and aspirations
of young people while also providing
access to vital qualifications. She has
provided tangible support to secure
the future of the club by helping its
management secure a business
mentor and over £8,000 worth of
backing from a local retailer for the
next year. She has also formed a
coalition of local community groups
to take over the running of another
chronically underused youth centre
and secured funding for food and
support from a local retailer.
Kay says her new role as a Business
Connector has allowed her “to grow
wings and fly, and I’m loving the
experience. The skills I have learned
so far have been invaluable and I can
absolutely see the benefit to not only
the community and businesses,
but to me personally and my
employer Sainsbury’s.”
Following the successful pilot,
Business in the Community aims
to create a nationwide network of
over 550 Business Connectors over
five years in 200 areas of need.
SEPTEMBER 2011
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend a
ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial Garden in Grosvenor Square,
London to mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
Tenth anniversary of 9/11
In September 2011, The Prince of
Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
marked the 10th anniversary of the
9/11 terrorist attacks in the United
States of America by joining families
of British victims at an emotional
ceremony at the Memorial Garden
in Grosvenor Square, London.
Watched by the Prime Minister, other
politicians and the US Ambassador
Louis Susman, The Prince gave a
speech in which he recalled how on
11th September 2001 the families’
loved ones had been “cruelly, brutally
and pointlessly torn from them” when
“so much premeditated death and
destruction” came out of the skies
above New York, Washington DC
and Pennsylvania.
His Royal Highness recalled his own
strong emotions after his great-uncle
Lord Louis Mountbatten and one
of The Prince’s godsons had been
murdered in 1979 by an IRA bomb.
He said: “At the time, I remember
feeling intense anger, even hatred,
of those who could even contemplate
doing such a thing. But then I began
to reflect that all the greatest wisdom
that has come down to us over the
ages speaks of the overriding need
to break the law of cause and effect
and somehow to find the strength
to search for a more positive way of
overcoming the evil in men’s hearts.”
He added that the “dreadful act of
violence” of 9/11 had been intended
to divide the world but had actually
drawn people together, “one person to
another, one community to another”.
After laying wreaths at the memorial,
The Prince and The Duchess met the
victims’ families in a marquee in the
garden. Anne-Marie Mosley, who lost
a brother when the World Trade Center
was attacked, said the bereaved
relatives were grateful for The Prince’s
support over the years. She said: “He
has lost family in a terror attack. It is
very poignant to have someone to
empathize with the group.”
Making a Difference
JANUARY 2012
The Duchess of Cornwall and Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott pose for a photograph with local
schoolchildren during a visit to the club’s stadium in London to support a literacy initiative.
The Duchess of Cornwall promotes literacy
Describing herself as a “passionate
reader”, The Duchess of Cornwall
supports a variety of major
initiatives to promote literacy
in the UK, ranging from projects
to encourage more reading by
schoolchildren to world-renowned
literary festivals and awards.
Premier League Reading Stars
programme. The project uses the
popularity of football to engage the
interest of young people and during
the visit Her Royal Highness was joined
by the Arsenal star Theo Walcott
and around 80 local schoolchildren
participating in the programme.
The aim of the literacy causes Her
Royal Highness supports is to make
reading and writing accessible to
everyone, children and adults alike.
As she said in a speech to the Wicked
Young Writers Awards in London in
December 2011, “reading is not only
the start of a voyage of personal
development and pleasure, but the
foundation stone of all education...”
Those 80 pupils represent just
the tip of the iceberg in terms of the
youngsters enthused by the Trust’s
work. In December 2011, Her Royal
Highness had hosted a reception
at Clarence House to celebrate the
Trust reaching the landmark of having
helped one million children and
adults since its inception in 1993.
Encouraging reading among the
younger generation is especially
important, and, in her role as Patron of
the National Literacy Trust, in January
2012 The Duchess visited Arsenal F.C.
in north London to launch the charity’s
She was joined at the event by Michael
Morpurgo, the celebrated author, who
paid tribute to The Duchess’s work
championing literacy saying: “To have
The Duchess embracing the cause of
literature and literacy is important
because literature has to be at the
heart of our national life. Our language
is, without question, this nation’s
greatest invention.”
At the reception, Her Royal Highness
presented a certificate and a selection
of Mr Morpurgo’s books to the charity’s
millionth beneficiary, seven-year-old
Reef Hutt from Okehampton in Devon.
Following the presentation, Reef’s
mother, Thelma, said: “Being invited
to Clarence House to meet The
Duchess was a wonderful experience
and something special for Reef to
remember in years to come.”
“To have The Duchess
embracing the cause
of literature and literacy
is important because
literature has to be at the
heart of our national life.”
Michael Morpurgo, author
Making a Difference
MARCH 2012
The Prince of Wales admires the decor in The Prince’s House
during his visit to the Ideal Home Show, Earl’s Court, London.
The Prince’s House
The Prince of Wales has long
believed in the need to ensure
that people and communities are
at the heart of sustainable design.
Through “The Prince’s House”,
The Prince’s Foundation for
Building Community charity has
sought to merge the importance
of environmentally conscious
construction and aesthetically
pleasing design to create an
eco-house that someone could,
and would, want to call their home.
In March 2012, The Prince’s House
featured at The Ideal Home Show in
London for the second time. Drawing
inspiration from the Arts & Crafts
movement of the 19th century, the
house encompassed the idea of
using local materials, crafts and skills
to create the ultimate eco-home.
Interior designer Christina Moore
worked closely with suppliers from
all around the country, picked for
their environmentally friendly business
ethic and commitment to the use
of local materials and craftsmen.
The suppliers included two of
the Foundation’s Building Craft
Apprentices – Ian Thackray and
Jonathan Briggs. The two recent
graduates worked on the blacksmithing
and carpentry of the house, with
Jonathan designing and building the
two wooden benches in the living room,
and Ian creating the iron brackets found
on the eaves of the house.
Ian Thackray said that the Foundation’s
course and accompanying work
placements had made a real difference
to his employment prospects. “My
placements have encouraged me out
of my comfort zone,” he explained.
“The skills and knowledge that I have
gained would be the equivalent of two
to three more years at college.”
During the year, The Prince’s
Foundation for Building Community
announced that it would be making
The Prince’s House available for sale to
the public following an agreement with
developers. The first houses are set to
be built in Heyford Park, Oxfordshire.
“The skills and knowledge
that I have gained [on
the Foundation’s Building
Craft Course] would
be the equivalent of
two to three more
years at college.”
Ian Thackray, blacksmith
Making a Difference
PAUL HENTRICH
Paul secured many contracts with
both regional and national companies
in his first year of business.
Ever since The Prince’s Trust was
established in 1976 by The Prince
of Wales, Britain’s biggest youth
charity has been helping some of
the country’s most troubled young
people make a fresh start in life.
Paul Hentrich, 31, from Birmingham,
faced long-term unemployment
and mounting debts before he got
help from the Trust to launch what
has now become a successful
locksmith business.
As a child, Paul became estranged
from his family and was made
homeless at 15-years-old. Although
he was able to gain a full education
and, later, full-time work, when he
relocated to Birmingham with his
partner he struggled to find a job.
He decided to undertake a locksmith
course and began to consider the idea
of starting his own business. However,
Paul lacked confidence in his business
skills and his own difficult financial
situation discouraged him from
applying for a bank loan. When
he heard about The Prince’s Trust
Enterprise Programme, which helps
unemployed young people to start up
in business, Paul joined straight away.
As part of the programme, Paul
received a loan of £3,500 to set
up his business, “24-7 Locksmith”,
and a business mentor, Simon Inchley,
who helped him to write his proposal
and to focus his ideas. As an
“The Prince’s Trust
was key to my success
because it didn’t just
provide me with funding
but the support I
received was invaluable
in turning my ideas into
a business.”
Paul Hentrich
enthusiastic young man, Paul secured
many contracts with both regional and
national companies in his first year of
business. Paul’s business now
employs five full-time staff and he has
plans for an expansion to Manchester.
He has been a vocal supporter of the
Enterprise Programme and regularly
speaks about The Prince’s Trust work.
As Paul puts it: “My life has been
transformed and my confidence
and quality of life has improved
immeasurably. The Prince’s Trust was
key to my success because it didn’t
just provide me with funding but the
support I received was invaluable in
turning my ideas into a business. I’m
now proud to be creating jobs in my
local community, so I can help other
people to change their lives as well
as changing my own.”
More details on
www.princes-trust.org.uk
Making a Difference
The International Sustainability Unit
The Prince of Wales set up his
International Sustainability Unit
(ISU) in 2010 to help resolve some
of the key environmental challenges
facing the world, including food
security, ecosystem resilience and
the depletion of natural capital.
Recently its work has primarily
focused on sustainability in the
context of rainforests, agriculture
and the oceans.
One of the major developments in the
ISU’s work in 2011-12 was the launch
of a Marine Programme aimed at
encouraging sustainable solutions for
the management of wild marine fish
stocks. In February 2012, its report
“Towards Global Sustainable Fisheries:
The Opportunity for Transition”
was published after two years of
consultation with the public, private,
scientific and NGO sectors. The report
identified the positive ways in which
fish stocks can be managed more
sustainably, ensuring there is more fish
in the sea, more jobs in the industry
and better economic returns for all.
Encouraging a more sustainable
approach to agriculture was another
key theme of the year and one
addressed by His Royal Highness
when he travelled to the United States
of America to give the keynote speech
in May 2011 at the Future of Food
Conference at Georgetown University
in Washington D.C. The conference
brought together corporate executives,
community leaders, government
officials and environmentalists to
discuss how to make the world’s
food system more resilient, reduce
its harmful impact on the environment
and ensure that healthy food could
be made more widely available.
MAY 2011
The Prince of Wales delivers a speech in the United
States of America on sustainable agriculture to the
Future of Food conference at Georgetown University,
Washington D.C.
In his speech, The Prince urged the
conference not to shy away from the
big questions: “Chiefly, how can we
create a more sustainable approach
to agriculture while recognizing those
wider and important social and
economic parameters – an approach
that is capable of feeding the world
with a global population rapidly
heading for nine billion? And can
we do so amid so many competing
demands on land, in an increasingly
volatile climate and when levels of the
planet’s biodiversity are under such
threat or in serious decline? As I see
it, these pressures mean we haven’t
much choice in the matter.”
More details on
www.pcfisu.org
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Number of Prince’s Charities working
collaboratively in Burnley to tackle local
social and economic problems
JULY 2011
The Prince of Wales talks with Corporal Ricky Fergusson,
right, in Highgrove Gardens, Gloucestershire, who was
severely injured in Sangin, last year.
Support for the Armed Forces
The Prince of Wales and The
Duchess of Cornwall are both
deeply committed to supporting
the Armed Services. As well as
holding senior positions with 29
regiments and units, each year
they undertake a large number of
public and private engagements
with the Nation’s military forces
at home and abroad.
Their Royal Highnesses take particular
care to meet regularly and offer their
support and thanks to servicemen
and women injured in the course of
duty, something that The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge and Prince
Harry also do whenever they can.
This often involves visits to the Royal
Centre for Defence Medicine (RCDM)
at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth
Hospital and to the specialist militarymanaged unit there which treats
injured personnel. After a visit in July
2011, Squadron Leader Chris Stagles,
the adjutant of the RCDM, praised The
Prince for showing a keen interest in
those severely wounded in Afghanistan
in recent years. Estimating that His
Royal Highness had paid around four
visits a year to troops being treated in
Birmingham, the Squadron Leader
said: “He’s a really great supporter
of all of the work that’s done here.
There are some patients he will see on
multiple visits and he remembers them
and takes a real personal interest.”
Earlier in the year, The Prince of
Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
had invited wounded servicemen and
women, including many from their
own regiments, to their home at
Highgrove in Gloucestershire for a
summer reception. The Prince and
The Duchess spent time talking to
the wounded soldiers, who were
accompanied by relatives and carers,
as well as staff from the Headley
Court rehabilitation centre and other
support organizations that assist
injured service personnel.
Their Royal Highnesses often send
gifts to those serving in Afghanistan
and organize Highgrove garden tours
for the families of those deployed.
Also, The Prince and The Duchess
write to the next of kin of those in
their Regiments killed on active
service and to servicemen and
women injured on operations,
and regularly host campaign medal
presentations at Royal residences
for their regiments after they
return from active service.
More details on
OCTOBER 2011
The Prince of Wales meets staff
during a visit to Middleport Pottery
in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.
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“I think (the factory) would
have closed last year if it had
not been for The Prince’s
Regeneration Trust. It is great
news for everyone who works
here, and it means I can still
work here doing what I’ve
always done for most of my
life. It’s just brilliant.”
Keith Flynn, Middleport pottery worker
Urban Regeneration
One of the unique aspects of the
work of 16 organizations that make
up The Prince’s Charities is that
they often combine their expertise
and resources to address jointly
particular challenges in parts of the
UK with the aim of maximizing and
scaling up the positive impact of
their work.
A great deal of this effort involves
supporting the regeneration of urban
areas suffering from high levels of
unemployment in the wake of the
collapse of local industries. In October
2011, The Prince of Wales travelled to
three such communities in England
– Middlesbrough in the North East,
Burnley in the North West and Burslem
in the Midlands – on a tour to
showcase some of the partnerships
across the private, charitable and
public sector, which are a hallmark
of His Royal Highness’s work.
In Middlesbrough, The Prince visited a
mothballed steel plant being brought
back to life after the arrival of a new
owner and several projects in the town
being run by his Charities, while in
Burslem he visited the Middleport
Pottery where his Regeneration Trust
has been leading a major restoration
and regeneration project having helped
save the factory from closure.
Keith Flynn, a worker at the pottery,
said about the saving of Middleport:
“I think it would have closed last year
if it had not been for The Prince’s
Regeneration Trust. It is great news
for everyone who works here, and
it means I can still work here doing
what I’ve always done for most of
my life. It’s just brilliant.”
In between those visits, His Royal
Highness went to Burnley, the
Lancashire mill town where perhaps the
impact of the Charities’ collaboration is
best demonstrated as 12 of them have
been working together for several years
to tackle local social and economic
problems. They have done this by
engaging young people, encouraging
businesses to address social and
economic problems, backing
community entrepreneurs, supporting
community groups and building on
heritage-led regeneration.
The Prince’s visit coincided with the
publication of an independent report
by the Cass Business School
evaluating the impact of The Prince’s
Charities work in Burnley. The report
found that the Charities’ efforts had
made a “significant contribution” to
the regeneration of the town. It also
concluded that the collaborative
approach taken by the Charities
provided a blueprint for similar
schemes in other parts of the
country. The report concluded: “No
other group of charities could have
played the same role or achieved as
much as The Prince’s Charities.”
More details on
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APRIL 2012
On his visit to Dumfries House The Prince
of Wales meets students at the first stone walling
class at the Sawmill Skill Centre, Dumfries House,
East Ayrshire. Photo: Mike Scott.
Dumfries House
When The Prince of Wales led in
2007 the £45 million rescue of
Dumfries House his objective
from the start was not just to
save an historic house for the
nation but, also to restore hope
to an entire community.
As His Royal Highness put it himself
in an article for the Daily Telegraph in
2011, he had two aims in rescuing
Dumfries House: “First, to allow
visitors to enjoy the beauty of the
house and its incomparable
collection of furniture and, second,
to use the project as a catalyst for
revitalizing the local economy in East
Ayrshire – an area once prosperous
thanks to the coal mining industry but
which in recent years has suffered
much deprivation from its loss.”
The work that has been undertaken
at Dumfries House since 2007 has
followed the pattern of many other
heritage-led regeneration projects
conceived or inspired by The Prince
and his charities – from Stanley
Mills in Paisley to Middleport
Pottery in Burslem.
The focus of the work at Dumfries
House has moved on from restoring
the house and its remarkable
collection of Chippendale furniture
(now accessible to the public for the
first time in 250 years) to the many
other elements of the regeneration
project: the environmentally-friendly
housing development being built
for a new community at nearby
Knockroon; the estate farm brought
back to life with the help of the
supermarket group Morrisons;
the conversion of the old Mains
Building into a luxury six-bedroom
guest house; the conversion of the
stable block and coach house into
a café and conferencing facilities;
and the opening of a traditional
skills training centre in the old
sawmill on the estate.
The training centre is the newest
development, and it began hosting
in early 2012 courses for local
youngsters (and applicants from
overseas) in skilled crafts, such as
dry stone walling, joinery and animal
husbandry. The centre’s courses and
the apprenticeships are being run by
four of The Prince’s Charities – The
Prince’s Trust, The Prince’s Foundation
for Building Community, The Prince’s
Foundation for Children & the Arts and
The Prince’s Drawing School. Martyn
Smyth, one of the attendees at the first
course held at the Sawmill Skill Centre,
said there was a real need for traditional
crafts to be taught more widely: “Dry
stone walling is a dying skill. There are
miles and miles of dykes throughout the
country that need to be repaired. By
learning this skill we can learn about
repairing the estate and other places
in a traditional fashion instead of using
modern methods. These are skills
which we can pass on.”
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NOVEMBER 2011
The Duchess of Cornwall visits the set of the BBC’s popular programme
“Strictly Come Dancing” with Craig Revel Horwood, a patron of the
National Osteoporosis Society and one of the judges on the show.
National Osteoporosis Society
“Dry stone walling is
a dying skill. There are
miles and miles of dykes
throughout the country
that need to be repaired.
By learning this skill we
can learn about repairing
the estate and other
places in a traditional
fashion instead of using
modern methods. These
are skills which we can
pass on.”
Martyn Smyth, student on the Sawmill Skill
Centre’s dry stone walling course
More details on
www.dumfries-house.org.uk
For the past 15 years The Duchess
of Cornwall has been supporting
the National Osteoporosis Society
(NOS), first as its Patron and then
as its President, a relationship
forged out of Her Royal Highness’s
own family experiences of the
devastating brittle bone disease.
The Duchess’s mother and
grandmother both suffered, and died,
from the condition, something she
recalled in an article Her Royal
Highness wrote for the Daily Mail in
October 2011 when she looked back
on how she first learned about
osteoporosis and discovered the
then little-known charity helping
sufferers from the disease.
In the article, The Duchess wrote: “Like
many others, we were totally ignorant
of the facts that lay behind my mother’s
agony. Why did her bones break so
easily and why did she shrink so fast?
I needed to know the answers, and
this quest led me to the National
Osteoporosis Society. In due course,
they asked me to become their patron,
and later their president, and since
then we have worked together on
many projects all over Britain. It was
my first ever patronage, and I’m happy
to say I am still flying the flag.”
The article marked the 25th anniversary
of the NOS, and throughout 2011
The Duchess hosted various events
to celebrate the landmark and draw
wider attention to the charity. In
June, she hosted a garden party at
Clarence House for NOS members,
ambassadors and celebrity supporters,
and in November Her Royal Highness
attended a cabaret and dinner at
St James’s Palace in its honour.
One of the guests at the event was
Craig Revel Horwood, an NOS Patron
best known as a judge on BBC’s hugely
popular Strictly Come Dancing show.
Mr Revel Horwood returned The
Duchess’s hospitality later in the month
when he invited her to the set of Strictly
to watch rehearsals. Although on this
occasion Her Royal Highness did not
join in the dancing, two years earlier
she and Mr Revel Horwood had made
headlines when they performed an
impromptu cha cha cha at a school visit
in London on World Osteoporosis Day.
The serious message behind the visit to
Strictly was that dancing is a particularly
effective form of exercise for bone
strength and, therefore, helpful in
tackling osteoporosis.
JANUARY 2011
Clarence House, the official
residence of The Prince of Wales.
Income, Expenditure, Staff
and Sustainability
This section describes how the activities and offices of
The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are financed
and outlines the responsibilities of their senior staff. The
majority of staff and official and charitable activities are
paid for from The Prince of Wales’s private income from the
Duchy of Cornwall. This section also reports the Household’s
sustainability performance.
Income, Expenditure and Staff
This section describes how the activities and offices
of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall,
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince
Harry are financed. The majority of staff and official
and charitable activities are paid for from His Royal
Highness’s private income from the Duchy of Cornwall.
Income and Expenditure Account
Year to 31st March
2012
£000s
2011
£000s
Income and funding
Duchy of Cornwall
Grants-in-Aid
18,288
1,811
383
17,796
1,608
354
Total income and funding
20,482
19,758
9,831
9,444
Expenditure
Official duties and charitable activities
Grants-in-Aid:
London office and official residence
Official travel by air and rail
Communications support
450
1,080
78
1,608
383
12,025
354
11,406
Surplus after Official Costs
8,457
8,352
Tax (includes VAT)
4,496
2,609
4,398
2,539
Operating surplus
1,352
1,415
1,118
1,184
234
231
Capital expenditure (less depreciation),
loan repayments and transfers to reserves
Net cash surplus/deficit
£18.288m Income from
Duchy of Cornwall
£2.194m Funding from
Grants-in-Aid and
Expenditure and Tax
431
1,318
62
1,811
Overseas tours and military secondees
Income and Funding
(Total £20.482m)
(Total £20.248m)
£12.025m
£4.496m Taxation
£2.609m
£1.118m
Capital expenditure
(less depreciation),
loan repayments
and transfers
to reserves
Income, Expenditure, Staff and Sustainability
Income and Funding
£millions
Duchy of Cornwall
“The Prince of Wales’s private
income comes from the
Duchy of Cornwall, an estate
comprising agricultural,
commercial and residential
property mostly in the South
West of England.”
18.288
The Prince of Wales’s private income comes from the Duchy of Cornwall,
an estate comprising agricultural, commercial and residential property mostly
in the South West of England. The Duchy also has a financial investment
portfolio. His Royal Highness chooses to use the majority of his income
from the Duchy to meet the cost of his, The Duchess of Cornwall’s, The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s and Prince Harry’s public and charitable
work. The three per cent rise in income was due primarily to higher rental
income. The Duchy of Cornwall’s annual accounts can be obtained online
at www.duchyofcornwall.org.
£millions
Grants-in-Aid
1.811
Funding to meet official costs incurred by or in support of The Queen as
Head of State is provided by Parliament in return for the surrender of the
revenue from the Crown Estate. This funding is provided in three ways:
(i) the Civil List for The Queen and a Parliamentary Annuity for The Duke
of Edinburgh, (ii) Grants-in-Aid, and (iii) costs met directly by Government
Departments. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry do not receive funding from
the Civil List or a Parliamentary Annuity, but the three Grants-in-Aid paid to
The Queen’s Household – for Property Services, Travel and Communications
– are used, in part, to support their official activities.
Further details of Grant-in-Aid payments can be found at www.princeofwales.
gov.uk. Annual accounts are published for the three Grants-in-Aid and are
reproduced on www.royal.gov.uk or may be obtained from the Deputy
Treasurer to The Queen, Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA.
£millions
0.383
For The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, Government
Departments meet expenditure in respect of the provision of staff on
secondment from the Armed Services (£221,741 spent by the Ministry of
Defence in 2011-12) and some costs of official overseas visits undertaken
at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (£161,508 spent
by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2011-12).
Expenditure
£millions
Official duties and charitable activities
9.831
Over 70 per cent of The Prince of Wales’s after-tax income from the Duchy
of Cornwall was spent on official and charitable duties. Of the £9.831 million,
staff costs accounted for £6.7 million, or 68 per cent.
The Prince of Wales employs directly 161.1 full-time equivalent staff. Of these,
134.9 support Their Royal Highnesses, including The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince Harry, in undertaking official duties and charitable
activities, and 26.2 are personal, garden and farm staff. The table on page
28 lists the official staff by Household department and also gives the total
cost, including salaries and other expenditure, of each department.
£millions
Grant-in-Aid: London office and official residence
0.431
Clarence House is the London office and official residence for The Prince of
Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. It is used for official dinners, receptions
and meetings, as well as for offices for Their Royal Highnesses’ official staff.
The principal rooms, which are on the ground floor of Clarence House, are
open to the public from August until the end of September annually. More
than 2,800 people were entertained officially at Clarence House during the
year, and there were 13,128 paying visitors. The Household also has offices in
other parts of St James’s Palace. The Household of The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry is also based at St James’s Palace. The
Property Services Grant-in-Aid meets the cost of the maintenance of
Clarence House and of the other offices at St James’s Palace.
£millions
Grant-in-Aid: Official travel by air and rail
1.318
An important part of The Prince of Wales’s role as Heir to The Throne is,
with The Duchess of Cornwall, to bring people together around the UK,
to act as a focal point for national life and to represent the country overseas.
This involves a significant amount of travel that needs to be undertaken in
a way that meets efficiency, security and presentational requirements. In
2011-12, Their Royal Highnesses travelled 47,622 miles to and from official
engagements in the UK and overseas, a figure that includes 34,307 miles
of overseas travel on behalf of the Government. The majority of the costs
of these journeys, amounting to £1.318 million in 2011-12, was met by The
Royal Travel by Air and Rail Grant-in-Aid.
This figure includes the variable costs only for journeys undertaken using 32
Squadron, The Queen’s Helicopter and the Royal Train. This is because the
fixed costs are incurred irrespective of whether the aircraft and train are used
and do not result from undertaking specific journeys. For a full explanation,
see the Grant-In-Aid for Royal Travel by Air and Rail Annual Report 2011-12
– available at www.royal.gov.uk.
£millions
Grant-in-Aid: Communications support
0.062
The Prince of Wales’s Office incurs expenditure developing and running a
communications programme, maintaining a Press Office, updating and developing
its website, providing general and educational information to the press and public,
and providing Press Officers to assist the media at official engagements and visits.
The majority of these costs are met by The Prince of Wales personally. However,
some of the costs incurred in assisting the media at engagements around the
country, referred to as communications support, have traditionally been met from
the Royal Communications and Information Grant-in-Aid.
“More than 2,800 people
were entertained officially
at Clarence House during
the year, and there were
13,128 paying visitors to the
House during the summer
opening period.”
£millions
Military secondees and overseas tours
0.383
Two members of the Equerry’s Office and two of the five Orderlies are
officially seconded from the Armed Forces to assist The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in undertaking official duties. The cost to the Ministry of Defence in 2011-12 was £221,741.
“The Prince of Wales meets
all the official expenditure of
The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and of Prince
Harry, excluding official travel
by rail and air.”
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office meets the cost of official visits abroad
by The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince Harry (except for travel costs, which are met from the
Royal Travel by Air and Rail Grant-In-Aid). In 2011-12, Their Royal Highnesses
undertook tours to South Africa and Tanzania in November 2011 and to
Norway, Sweden and Denmark in March 2012. They also made shorter visits,
jointly or separately, to the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and
Qatar. These visits are undertaken at the request and in support of the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office to build on and strengthen the good relations that
the UK enjoys with countries throughout the world. The cost of these visits to
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office amounted to £161,508 in 2011-12.
£millions
Tax
4.496
The Prince of Wales pays income tax voluntarily on the surplus of the Duchy of Cornwall, applying normal income tax rules and at the 50 per cent rate,
and pays income tax on all other income and capital gains tax like any private
individual. The £4.496 million includes VAT. If employer’s National Insurance
contributions and Council Tax are included, the total increases to £5.0 million.
£millions
2.609
In addition to paying for the official duties of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, some charitable activities and The Prince’s tax liabilities, the income from the Duchy of Cornwall is used to meet non-official expenditure of The Prince of Wales and his family.
Non-official expenditure includes the salary cost of 7.9 full-time equivalent
personal staff, including personal secretaries, chefs, valets, and staff for The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. In addition, there are 18.3
full-time equivalent estate, farm, garden and stable staff. Personal expenditure
also includes the appropriate share of the cost of Highgrove House and
Birkhall, and of maintaining the estate and garden at Highgrove. The garden
is a valuable charitable asset, and was visited last year by 34,550 people.
The costs of The Home Farm, The Prince’s organic farm on the Highgrove
Estate, are included under this heading. The Home Farm is a working farm
established by The Prince of Wales to demonstrate the commercial and
environmental benefits of organic and sustainable farming. It was visited by approximately 1,300 people last year.
Staff
Full-time
equivalent staff
2012
As at and for the year to 31st March 2012
Principal Private Secretary and Assistants
Official Costs
£000s
2012
2.7
Private Secretaries’ Office
Private Secretary
Deputy and Assistant Private Secretaries
Research and Administrative Staff
Correspondence
1.0
6.5
13.6
3.6
Office of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince Harry
Finance, Personnel and Administration
Treasurer and Assistants
Finance and Inventory
Personnel
Archives
Communications
Communications Secretary and Personal Assistant
Press Secretary
Assistant Press Secretaries
Press Officers and Website Editors
Master of the Household’s Department
Master of the Household and Assistants
Equerry
Programme and Travel Co-ordinators
Butlers
Chefs and Kitchen Porters
Orderlies
Reception
Chauffeurs
House Managers and Housekeepers
Valets and Dressers
Gardeners and Estate Workers
Charities Office
Adviser and Assistant
Head of Operations
Operations Manager
Head of Governance & Assistant
Total Official Staff as at 31st March 2012
Charitable Activities based at Clarence House
International Sustainability Unit
Accounting for Sustainability
9.0
36.4
2,917
3.0
10.2
8.0
3.0
24.2
2,046
2.0
1.0
2.0
5.0
10.0
892
5.4
1.0
4.0
1.3
5.3
5.3
1.0
3.0
10.8
2.5
19.4
59.0
3,976
2.0
1.0
1.0
1.3
5.3
–
134.9
9,831
12.6
4.1
16.7
–
Offices
The principal office of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall,
where most of their staff work, is in Clarence House and other parts of
St James’s Palace in Central London. The office of The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry is also in St James’s Palace. The cost of
maintaining the fabric of the buildings, as well as of utilities and fixed-line
telephones (but not other costs for Clarence House and the London office),
is met from the Property Services Grant-In-Aid (see page 26). There are also
offices for official staff at Their Royal Highnesses’ residences of Highgrove
and Birkhall to assist The Prince with his continuing work. Some costs
incurred at Highgrove and Birkhall are, therefore, charged to the ‘Official
duties and charitable activities’ expenditure category.
Staff and Office organization
The Principal Private Secretary
The Principal Private Secretary is the senior member of The Prince of Wales’s
and The Duchess of Cornwall’s Household and is responsible for all aspects
of running the Household and for overseeing His Royal Highness’s charitable
and other organizations.
“Each Private Secretary is
responsible for specific
areas and for liaising with
certain of The Prince’s and
The Duchess’s organizations.
These responsibilities, as well
as those of other senior staff,
are listed in the Appendix.”
The Private Secretaries’ Office
The Private Secretary is responsible for the day-to-day running of the
Private Secretaries’ Office. He and the other Private Secretaries facilitate
and support The Prince of Wales’s and The Duchess of Cornwall’s official
duties, engagements and charitable activities. They are responsible for
Their Royal Highnesses’ diaries, arrange briefing sessions, receptions
and other functions, administer correspondence, and co-ordinate research
and briefing to support their work. Each Private Secretary is responsible for
specific areas and for liaising with certain of The Prince’s and The Duchess’s
organizations. These responsibilities, as well as those of other senior staff,
are listed in the Appendix (see pages 40 and 41). They also ensure that His
Royal Highness is kept informed about topical issues, and provide him with
background information for his communications with Government Ministers
and other leading figures, and prepare drafts for speeches and articles. The
Private Secretaries are supported by researchers, personal assistants and
administrative staff, and work closely with their colleagues in The Queen’s
Private Secretaries’ Office.
The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry receive a large number of letters each year.
In 2011-12, for example, they received 76,825 letters. People from all over
the world write to Their Royal Highnesses, although the majority of the
letters are from the UK.
Letters cover a wide range of subjects and are often prompted by current
issues and debates. Their Royal Highnesses see a wide selection of the
correspondence and reply to many of the letters they receive. The Prince
personally wrote 1,745 letters in 2010-11. The Duchess of Cornwall personally
wrote 807. They jointly wrote eight. Their Royal Highnesses ensure that letters
not answered by themselves or their Private Secretaries are replied to
by the Correspondence Section on their behalf. In addition, The Prince and
The Duchess receive many requests from a wide range of charities and other
organizations for donations or items for auction. Requests for donations are
dealt with by the Finance Section, while requests for items to auction are
handled by the Correspondence Department. While it is not possible to respond
to all the many requests for items to auction, His Royal Highness donates
items such as lithographs of his watercolours, signed books and tours of
the garden at Highgrove. Each year, these items raise tens of thousands
of pounds for charity.
The Household of The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry
The Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince
Harry is responsible for the day-to-day running of their Household, including
official engagements and charitable work. The office also supports, plans
and advises with respect to Their Royal Highnesses’ public duties and their
military and longer-term careers, and deals with administrative matters.
The Treasurer’s Office
The Treasurer’s Office is responsible for Finance and Inventory,
Personnel and Administration, and Archives. The Office is also
responsible for information systems across the Household.
The Finance Department exercises financial control through a combination of
annual budgets, monthly management accounts and a series of accounting
systems and procedures, particularly for the authorization of expenditure.
It is also responsible for achieving best value for money and maintains an
inventory of Their Royal Highnesses’ gifts and assets.
The Treasurer has financial and administrative responsibility for The Prince
of Wales’s Charitable Foundation in the UK and the US Charitable Foundation.
She is also responsible for the UK Foundation’s trading subsidiaries. In addition,
the Treasurer monitors the financial affairs of The Prince’s key charities and is
responsible for publishing, contractual and legal matters. The Household seeks
to provide a fulfilling work environment and to maximize individuals’ contributions
and job satisfaction. The Personnel Department manages the achievement of
these objectives including staff recruitment, remuneration, training and career
development, internal communications and employee relations. It also arranges
secondments, national and international appointments and work experience
placements. The majority of the Household’s information technology systems
are provided and supported by the Information Systems Management section
at Buckingham Palace, with the Household’s cost met by The Prince of Wales.
Three Archivists are responsible for managing all the papers and files relating
to the public life of The Prince of Wales since the late 1960s. The Keeper of the
Archives and Secretary also manages requests for The Prince and The Duchess
to become patron or president of organizations, as well as existing patronages and
presidencies. One inventory controller and two assistants are responsible for the
recording and safekeeping of gifts and assets owned by Their Royal Highnesses.
Communications
As Heir to The Throne, there is extensive public and media interest in the
activities of The Prince of Wales, as well as in The Duchess of Cornwall, The
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. The Press Office’s role is to
provide information and facilitate a better understanding, for a wide audience, of
“ The Finance Department
exercises financial control
through a combination of
annual budgets, monthly
management accounts
and a series of accounting
systems and procedures.”
The Prince of Wales’s work and activities. The Press Office also handles media
enquiries for The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince Harry, and liaises closely with colleagues in the Buckingham Palace
Press Office in respect of general issues to do with the Monarchy.
“ The Press Office’s role
is to provide information
and facilitate a better
understanding, for a wide
audience, of The Prince of
Wales’s work and activities.”
The Communications Secretary is responsible for the Press Office, which
consists of two Assistant Communications Secretaries (one is the Press
Secretary and the other is part-time and responsible for Charities and
Marketing), three Assistant Press Secretaries (one of whom is responsible
specifically for handling day-to-day enquiries about The Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge and Prince Harry as their designated Press Secretary), three
Press Officers, an Assistant Press Officer, a Website Editor, an Assistant
Website Editor and a departmental PA.
In 2011-12 www.princeofwales.gov.uk attracted 13.5 million page impressions. It is
a popular information resource for the media, researchers and the public from the
UK and overseas. In addition to the latest news about Their Royal Highnesses’
engagements, the site provides information about their work and charitable
activities, as well as recent speeches and articles, biographical details, and a
picture gallery. Information and news about The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince Harry are also available on the site. Videos made in-house by the Press
Office are available on the official website and on The Royal Channel on YouTube
which is part-managed with Buckingham Palace. The Royal Channel has just over
110,000 subscribers and the 465 videos have been viewed more than 36 million
times. Among other forms of popular social media, Clarence House has a
presence on Facebook as part of the British Monarchy’s page, on Twitter, where
the Household has 166,500 followers, on the photo-sharing website Flickr,
on Google Plus and on Storify. The online highlight of the year was The Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding at Westminster Abbey on 29th April, which
generated 72 million live streams for the live broadcast on YouTube’s Royal
Channel (a world record) and 37.7 million page views for the official website.
Master of the Household’s Department
The Master of the Household is responsible for the programme of engagements
for The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, the Equerry’s Office, Their
Royal Highnesses’ residences, offices and gardens, personal staff, receptions
and all entertaining, together with security and confidentiality. The Equerry’s
Office manages Their Royal Highnesses’ diaries on a daily basis, providing an
interface between staff, Police and outside organizations, and plan the longerterm programme. The Equerry’s Office also manages the logistical and transport
arrangements for official visits at home and abroad. There are usually several
overseas visits a year. The Equerry is a serving military officer seconded from the
Armed Forces to the Household for a period of approximately two years.
Each year The Prince and The Duchess receive thousands of invitations
from a wide range of public and private sector organizations. Each is given
careful consideration by Their Royal Highnesses and their staff. The Equerry
liaises with the Private Secretaries, the Press Office, and key organizations
to ensure that each year in their visits The Prince and The Duchess cover
a broad range of interests and meet a wide cross-section of people in as
many parts of the country as possible.
The Equerry also provides a point of contact for military and defence issues.
The Prince of Wales maintains close links with the Armed Forces, not just in
Britain but also in the Commonwealth. The Prince holds the rank of Admiral in
the Royal Navy, General in the Army and Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force.
The Prince of Wales conducts investitures at Buckingham Palace (he conducted
nine in 2011-12) and attends state functions on behalf of The Queen. The
Equerry’s Office is responsible for the arrangements for these engagements.
Official entertaining is an important part of The Prince of Wales’s and The
Duchess of Cornwall’s role. Last year they entertained 9,478 guests at Clarence
House and other Royal residences. These occasions range from receiving
official guests and foreign dignitaries to giving dinners and concerts to thank
those involved with The Prince’s and The Duchess’s charities. In 2011-12,
Their Royal Highnesses gave 117 receptions, seminars, lunches and dinners.
For larger receptions and dinners, external event managers oversee the
planning and administrative and catering arrangements.
Most of the staff who manage and organize these occasions are required to be
on duty seven days a week, including most evenings, with a week on/week off
rota. The cost of staff who assist The Prince and The Duchess in a private capacity
is allocated to non-official expenditure. Butlers act as ‘front of house’ for Their
Royal Highnesses, meeting guests, organizing refreshments and setting up rooms.
They work closely with the house managers, who oversee all the domestic
and cleaning arrangements, as well as with the chefs.
One butler is on duty at all times. The Prince of Wales has valets and
travelling orderlies, working in pairs one week on and one week off, to
assist him with his clothing and uniforms, and with the many transport and
travelling requirements. The Duchess of Cornwall has two members of staff
who perform a similar function.
The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall use their home at Highgrove
and, in particular, the Orchard Room within its grounds, for official engagements
and entertaining. The Orchard Room was designed and built by The Prince
specifically to entertain official guests. In 2011-12, it was used for 22 receptions,
seminars and briefings for more than 2,000 guests, and visitors to the garden
have refreshments there. It also contains one of the three Highgrove shops.
Last year, more than 34,000 people toured the garden at Highgrove, taking the
total number of visits since the garden was opened to the public in 1992 to
309,550. Entrance charges generated almost half a million pounds for charity,
““Official entertaining is
an important part of The
Prince of Wales’s and The
Duchess of Cornwall’s role.
Last year they entertained
9,478 guests at Clarence
House and other Royal
residences.”
““Gardening students and
researchers work in the
garden throughout the year
and The Prince employs a
team of gardeners.”
and the proceeds of which were donated to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable
Foundation. Visitors were also able to buy items from the Highgrove shop,
which donates all its profits to the Foundation. In addition, those attending
Summer official receptions normally look around the garden. Committed to
conserving Britain’s natural heritage, The Prince uses the garden as a
conservation area for endangered varieties of plants, flowers and trees,
and hopes that those who visit enjoy seeing the benefits of natural land
management and organic gardening.
Gardening students and researchers work in the garden throughout the
year and The Prince employs a team of gardeners. Because the garden is
mainly used for visits by members of the public, the majority of the costs of
the garden is allocated to official expenditure (although official as well as
personal costs are met from His Royal Highness’s private income). The
balance, which is assumed to relate to The Prince’s and The Duchess’s
personal enjoyment of the garden, is allocated to non-official expenditure.
The Master of the Household’s Department also includes Orderlies (who
maintain office equipment and are responsible for office supplies, stationery
and office cars), and Receptionists, and it has responsibility for health and
safety. The Master of the Household, in conjunction with the Metropolitan
Police, is also responsible for security and confidentiality.
The Prince’s Charities Office has a primary role to facilitate collaboration
within and between the Prince’s Charities, and to act as the key liaison
between different stakeholder groups. The Charities Office is managed
by the Special Advisor. The costs of the Charities Office are met by The Prince
of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
The Office’s primary responsibility is to provide support and advice to the
charities covering corporate governance, donations policy and fund raising,
planning, finance and communications.
Annual visits
The Prince and The Duchess make a number of visits to Scotland and
Wales every year, and in addition stay for a working week at the Palace
of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh and at their Llwynywermod home in Wales.
The cost of these longer annual visits, which principally relates to receptions
and dinners, amounted to £25,492 in 2011-12, and is included in ‘official
entertaining’ expenditure.
Official costs analysed by expenditure category
Expenditure has been analysed and explained in the preceding sections
by department.
The following table analyses official duties and charitable activities
expenditure by category.
As at 31st March
2012
£’000
2011
£’000
Staff costs
Training, recruitment and staff welfare
Travel and subsistence
External consultancy and professional fees
Official entertaining and receptions
Donations and gifts
Utilities
Residence and office not paid for from
the Grant-in-Aid
Press and information services
Stationery and office equipment
Computers and information systems
Housekeeping and office cleaning
Insurance
Gardens
Depreciation
6,745
217
284
201
298
86
201
6,399
216
274
141
323
128
200
639
130
207
305
166
37
137
178
594
122
207
319
156
44
155
166
Total
9,831
9,444
Sustainability account
The Household uses the Connected Reporting Framework, developed by
The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project, to report its sustainability
performance. By bringing together financial, environmental and communityrelated information, the framework provides a more complete and balanced
record of an organization’s overall performance and condition.
The Household’s main sustainability impacts are as a result of Their Royal
Highnesses’ work with people, communities and organizations, actions taken
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from travel, office and domestic energy
use, and sustainable farming at Highgrove.
Looking beyond its direct impact, the Household also considers environmental
and social issues in its procurement and works with suppliers on their own
performance. Royal Warrant holders, for example, are expected to demonstrate
that they understand the environmental and social impacts of their business and
that they have a policy and measures in place to address these. Support and
advice is provided by Business in the Community, one of The Prince’s Charities.
“““The Household uses the
Connected Reporting
Framework, developed by
The Prince’s Accounting
for Sustainability Project,
to report its sustainability
performance.”
Communities
Support for people, communities and organizations is a major part of
The Prince’s vision and work and a primary focus for his charities and
engagements programme.
Year to 31st March
2012
£m
2011
£m
2010
£m
2009
£m
Funds raised for The Prince’s Charities
Expenditure on official duties
and charitable activities
Total taxes paid
131
123
110
130
9.8
5.0
9.4
4.9
9.1
4.0
9.5
3.6
Total number of official engagements1
804
751
755
743
1T
he total number of official engagements comprises all Their Royal Highnesses’ engagements
undertaken separately and jointly in the UK and abroad.
The Prince’s Charities represent, as a group, the largest multi-cause
charitable enterprise in the UK. Much of the work of The Prince’s Charities
is focused on creating, developing and strengthening communities.
Similarly, Their Royal Highnesses’ engagements are intended to cast a light
on excellence and achievement in communities across all sectors of society,
to bring people together in support of community-based initiatives and
endeavours, to promote and protect traditions that are shared and valued
by people from many different walks of life and to act as a focal point for
local and national unity and cohesion.
The environment
The Household strives to minimize its environmental impact across its
activities, including travel, energy use and the indirect impact of the products
and services it uses.
Total CO2 e emissions (tonnes)
Greenhouse gas emissions
Year to 31st March
Year to 31st March
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Household: Official overseas travel
Household: Sources under the Household's control
The Home Farm
The 2012 carbon emissions are calculated according to
the Household’s Carbon Reporting Policy and Household
emissions have been subject to independent assurance.
Further details are available at www.princeofwales.gov.uk
CO2e emissions
Office and domestic energy use
UK official and other travel
Sub total
Emissions attributable to the Household
Emissions attributable to
overseas official travel
Household CO2e emissions
The Home Farm at Highgrove1
Total emissions
Expenditure
Expenditure to balance out emissions2
Investment to reduce emissions
2012
2011
2010
2009
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
690
807
800
723
826
755
857
818
1,497
1,523
1,581
1,675
1,206
2,703
2,079
4,782
438
1,961
2,166
4,127
1,479
3,060
2,213
5,273
1,253
2,928
2,580
5,508
£000s
£000s
£000s
£000s
21
37
22
61
25
17
25
70
1E
missions from The Home Farm have been restated – see The Home Farm section for details.
2 Emissions from official travel are offset through the Government Carbon Offset Fund through
the Grant-In-Aid. Remaining emissions are balanced out by Household contributions to
sustainable energy and forestry projects.
Household greenhouse gas emissions rose by 38 per cent this year due to a
significant increase in overseas travel, which is largely outside of the Household’s
control, but are 22 per cent lower than in 2007. Emissions from energy use, UK
and other travel that are more directly under the Household’s control have fallen
every year since 2007 to a total reduction of 41 per cent, including a 2 per cent
reduction this year. The following sections provide further details on the various
sources of emissions and year-on-year changes.
Travel
Year to 31st March
2012
CO2e emissions
Official overseas travel
Official UK travel by air and rail
Total official travel1
Other travel2
Total CO2e emissions from travel
Expenditure on official air
and rail travel
2011
2010
2009
CO2 e emissions (tonnes)
Breakdown of CO2e emissions for travel
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
1,206
375
1,581
432
2,013
438
347
785
376
1,161
1,479
287
1,766
468
2,234
1,253
405
1,658
413
2,071
£000s
£000s
£000s
£000s
1,000
1,318
1,080
692
1,710
500
1O
fficial travel includes official travel undertaken by Their Royal Highnesses within the UK and
overseas and travel undertaken by TRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and HRH
Prince Harry funded by the Royal Travel Grant-In-Aid. Further details are given on page 26.
2 ‘Other travel’ includes all staff travel, staff commuting and Their Royal Highnesses’ private travel.
Total carbon emissions from travel vary each year according to the programme
of engagements that Their Royal Highnesses undertake. Within overseas travel
this year there were trips to the Middle East, Africa and Scandinavia as well as
trips made by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the United States of
America and Canada and by Prince Harry to South America.
The increase in emissions from official UK travel by air and rail this year
reflects changes in the availability of suitable aircraft.
Steps are taken to minimize the environmental impact of travel as far
as possible given financial, logistical and security considerations. Other
measures are also taken such as operating the Royal Train on biodiesel
made from used cooking oil, encouraging staff to use public transport
wherever possible and providing facilities for staff who cycle to work.
Remaining emissions are balanced out through the purchase of carbon
credits and contributions to sustainable forestry projects.
2,500
2,000
1,500
2009
2010
2011
2012
Other travel
Official UK travel by air and rail
Official overseas travel
“““Total carbon emissions
from travel vary each
year according to the
programme of
engagements that
Their Royal Highnesses
undertake.”
Office and domestic energy use
Year to 31st March
Energy use by source (MWh)
Energy use
Electricity – derived from fossil fuels
Heating – gas and oil
Total derived from fossil fuels
Electricity – renewable sources
Heating – renewable sources
Total derived from renewables
Total energy use
4,000
3500
3,000
2500
2,000
1500
1,000
1000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Heating – renewable sources
Electricity – renewable sources
Heating – gas and oil
Electricity – derived from fossil fuels
CO2e emissions from office
and domestic energy use
Expenditure on energy
2012
2011
2010
2009
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
253
1,385
1,638
511
995
1,506
3,144
219
1,711
1,930
565
1,042
1,607
3,537
221
1,740
1,961
573
1,008
1,581
3,542
314
1,910
2,224
462
825
1,287
3,511
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
690
800
826
857
£000s
£000s
£000s
£000s
171
191
196
187
Total energy use and emissions vary each year according to the weather and
changes in the underlying carbon intensity of fuels used, such as changes in
the mix of fuels used to generate electricity. In the long term the Household
aims to reduce its carbon emissions from energy use through energy efficiency
measures and through greater use of renewable energy. In 2011-12 an estimated
48 per cent (2011: 45 per cent) of energy for domestic and office use was
derived from renewable sources. These include wood chips, heat from air- and
ground-source heat pumps, electricity from renewable sources and electricity
from solar panels installed at Clarence House, Highgrove and Raymill.
Natural resources
The Household aims to make sustainable use of the resources provided by
natural capital including fresh water, raw materials and capacity to assimilate
waste and pollution.
Waste
The Household collects a range of materials for recycling at each of the
residences, diverting waste from landfills. Food remains are composted for
use on the gardens where possible or collected separately for producing
fertilizer or biomethane.
Water use (m )
3
Measured water use, m3 (’000s litres)
Water and waste water
Year to 31st March
10,000
2012
8,000
Water use
Total measured water use
6,000
2011
2010
2009
m3
m3
m3
m3
8,406
7,622
5,926
4,773
£000s
£000s
£000s
£000s
20
16
16
13
4,000
2,000
Expenditure on water
2009
2010
2011
2012
Measured mains water use has increased this year due to an increase in
on-site catering and a period of hot and dry weather. The Household is
taking measures to minimize mains water use, as far as possible given
operational needs. These include the collection of rainwater at Highgrove
for watering the garden and flushing the toilets in the Orchard Room.
Birkhall has a complete grey water and rainwater collection and re-use
system. Grey water is also collected from baths at Clarence House and
Highgrove for watering the gardens. Dual-flush toilets and flow-restricted taps
have been installed as well as water-saving showerheads. Reed-bed sewage
systems are used at Highgrove and Llwynywermod for filtering waste water
and cleaning products used by the Household are designed to minimize
their environmental impact.
Paper use
Year to 31st March
2012
Paper use
Paper use per member of staff (FTE)
2011
2010
2009
Paper use per FTE staff (kg)
kg
kg
kg
kg
34
34
35
46
60
Includes office paper, headed paper and other paper used for correspondence but excludes envelopes.
50
As part of the Household’s sustainable procurement policy, we buy paper that’s
recycled or from sustainable sources. Currently about 99 per cent of paper used
is made with recycled materials.
40
30
20
10
The Home Farm
2009
The Home Farm has been run on an organic basis for several decades,
producing a wide range of foods in a way that works with nature, protecting
and enhancing nature’s capital. As with all farms, food production results in a
range of environmental and social impacts, often called ‘public goods’, that
are not usually accounted for when considering the value of the farm’s
output. A recent study identified several benefits, some of which are set
out below.
Biodiversity: this covers all living organisms including insects that pollinate
crops, clover that adds fertility to the soil and microbes in the soil that help
deliver nutrients to the crops. Biodiversity is promoted in many ways,
including growing traditional crop varieties, keeping over 1,000 rare varieties
of apple tree and raising rare breed livestock to help maintain natural genetic
diversity that supports a sustainable and more resilient food supply. Bees are
kept to pollinate crops and provide honey.
Soil management: a healthy living soil, a key part of nature’s capital,
underpins organic agriculture; management practices are focused on
protecting and enhancing the soil as it is this that feeds crops rather than
artificial fertilizers. These include a traditional crop rotation that uses nitrogenfixing plants and animal manure to provide vital nutrients and the use of
hedgerows and cover-crops to protect soil from being blown or washed
away. A healthy soil contributes towards healthy plants, animals and people.
Animal health and welfare is a priority. Pigs and sheep are kept outside
all year round and cattle are put out to pasture for at least half of the year.
Routine use of antibiotics is not allowed, so the focus is on ensuring animal
health through natural means such as a forage-based diet for cattle.
2010
2011
2012
Food security: The farm’s reliance on inputs is minimized by avoiding the
use of artificial fertilizers and other agrichemical inputs by feeding livestock,
as far as possible, on grass and other forage plants grown on the farm rather
than cereals. The majority of crops produced go for human consumption and
produce is sold locally and regionally to minimize transportation. A range of
crops is produced, including fresh fruit and vegetables.
Greenhouse gases: Greenhouse gas emissions are an unavoidable impact
of agriculture; they come mainly from nitrogen in manure and crops (nitrous
oxide) and from livestock (methane). The farm is managed to try to minimize
emissions through the careful timing of manure applications and the sowing
of plants that ‘catch’ the nitrogen. By incorporating cattle manure and plant
matter in the soil, significant quantities of carbon can be stored, reducing net
greenhouse gas emissions. Avoiding energy-intensive artificial fertilizers also
reduces greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain.
Steps are also taken to reduce fossil fuel use. A ‘conservation tillage’
machine that reduces fuel use by tilling the soil to a shallower depth
continues to be trialed; energy-efficient heat exchangers and solar thermal
heating help reduce electricity use in the dairy; and a large array of solar
panels produces renewable electricity.
The Home Farm
Year to 31st March
The Home Farm CO2e (tonnes)
CO2e emissions (and storage) in tonnes by key sources/sink.
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
CO2e emissions
Energy use
Livestock and manure1
Crops and other sources1
CO2 capture in woodland2
Total CO2e emissions
2012
2011
2010
2009
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
294
1,786
67
(68)
2,079
335
1,822
77
(68)
2,166
325
1,881
76
(68)
2,213
345
2,156
148
(68)
2,580
1,000
Energy
Energy use
500
0
500
2009
2010
Energy use
Livestock and manure
Crops and other sources
CO2 capture in woodland
2011
2012
Other natural resources
Water use, 000s litres
MWh
MWh
MWh
MWh
984
1,073
1,053
1,100
m3
m3
m3
m3
18,184
14,172
13,873
15,936
1 Emissions are estimated using a standard methodology and are subject to significant error
margins due to the complexity of the factors affecting emissions. Prior year emissions have been
restated using updated emissions factors. They were previously: Livestock and manure: 2011: 1,762 t;
2010: 1,808 t; 2009: 2,043 t. Crops and other sources: 2011: 77 t; 2010: 76 t; 2009: 148 t.
2 CO2 capture in woodland was previously included at 149 tonnes per year but has been revised
to 68 tonnes following a more detailed analysis of planting and a woodland survey. It is calculated
using woodland areas, tree species and age and excludes changes in soil carbon.
A significant proportion of fossil-fuel use comes from diesel used by tractors that
varies each year according to the impact of the weather on soils and according
to the different stages of the crop rotation. Carbon emissions from energy use
have fallen this year due to a reduction in diesel use and to the use of
renewable energy generated by the solar panels. The increase in water use can
be partly attributed to a period of hot, dry weather in 2011 and an increase in
milk production for the year.
Appendix
Portfolios of the Senior Management
William Nye
Paddy Harverson
Principal Private Secretary
Communications Secretary, assisted by: Patrick Harrison, Assistant
Communications Secretary and Press Secretary, and Kristina Kyriacou,
Assistant Communications Secretary, Charities and Marketing
– Overall responsibility for the Household and Office
– Constitutional, State and ceremonial matters, including for The Queen’s Overseas realms
– The Church of England and other Christian Churches
– Trustee of The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation
– The Duchy of Cornwall
– The Private Estates
– All media matters for The Prince of Wales, The Duchess
of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince Harry and the Duchy of Cornwall
Clive Alderton
Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Mark Leishman
Private Secretary
– Management of the Private Office
– Programme policy and supervision of engagements
– Scotland
– Health
– Education
– Foreign and Commonwealth affairs, including overseas tours
– International development
– Minority, ethnic and faith communities
– The Police
– The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts
– The Prince’s Youth Business International
– The British Asian Trust
Manon Williams
(to be succeeded by Grahame Davies in July 2012)
Wing Commander Richard Pattle
Master of the Household
– Overall supervision of the programme and logistics
– The Equerry’s Office
– Overall supervision of receptions and entertaining
– Personal and domestic staff
– All residences and gardens
– Security and confidentiality
– Social responsibility
Leslie Ferrar
(to be succeeded by Andrew Wright in July 2012)
Treasurer, assisted by: Polly McGivern, Deputy Treasurer; Mimi Watts,
Head of Personnel and Administration; David Hutson, Keeper of the
Archives and Secretary, and Gemma Kaza, Inventory Controller
– Overall responsibility for all financial, accountancy and investment matters
– Personnel
– Information technology
– Inventory
– Archives and records management
– Publishing, commercial, contractual and legal matters
– Prince’s Social Enterprises Ltd
– Director of Duchy Originals Limited
– Overall financial supervision of The Prince of Wales’s
Charitable Foundation and The Prince’s Charitable Foundation USA
– The Home Farm
Private Secretary for Wales (part-time)
– Wales, including The Prince of Wales’s Welsh organizations
- PRIME–Cymru
Benet Northcote
Deputy Private Secretary
– The Natural Environment, including the University of
Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
– Food & Agriculture
– Rural Affairs, including The Prince’s Countryside Fund
– Responsible Business, including Business in the
Community and InKind Direct
Emily Cherrington
Assistant Private Secretary
– The built environment, including The Prince’s Foundation
for Building Community
– The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust
– Heritage, including The Prince’s Regeneration Trust
– The Prince’s Drawing School
– The Arts, including Arts & Business and The Prince’s
Foundation for Children & the Arts
Appendix
Jonathan Hellewell
– The Prince’s Trust
– Northern Ireland
– The elderly, including PRIME
– Correspondence Department, managed by Claudia
Holloway, Head of Correspondence
Josh Puls
The Household of The Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and Prince Harry
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
and Prince Harry
– Advising Their Royal Highnesses on their careers,
charitable patronages and other matters, and
organizing official engagements
– The Commonwealth
– Minority, ethnic and faith communities
Dame Julia Cleverdon
Special Advisor to The Prince of Wales
Amanda MacManus
Deputy Private Secretary (part-time)
– Organization and co-ordination of The Duchess of
Cornwall’s engagements, charitable work and diary
– Strategy for, and overall co-ordination of, The Prince’s
Charities, including, in particular, the long-term sustainability
of The Prince’s Charities
Justin Mundy
Director, The Prince’s Charities International Sustainability Unit
Joy Camm
Assistant Private Secretary (part-time)
Sophie Densham
– Sustainability programmes and projects, including
The Prince’s Rainforests Project and The Prince’s
Accounting for Sustainability Project
– Senior Adviser on the international work of The Prince’s
Charities, including those operating in China, India and
Romania.
Major Peter Flynn
Equerry
– The Armed Forces and Veterans
– Programme, diary, travel and logistics
– Investitures
– The Emergency Services
– Sport, explorers and adventurers
Virginia Carington
Assistant Master of the Household
– The Royal Collection
– Personal letters and private engagements
For nearly four decades The Prince of
Wales has played a major part in developing
and convening partnerships to tackle key
social and environmental issues in the UK
and overseas.
In that time, His Royal Highness has established “The Prince’s
Charities”, a group of 16 independent charitable organizations
working to transform lives and build sustainable communities.
He carries out hundreds of engagements every year in support
of these charities, which together raise more than £100 million
annually to fund their activities.
Alongside The Prince’s Charities group, The Prince of Wales’s
Charitable Foundation is a grant-making Trust that receives
donations and earns income from not-for-profit commercial
enterprises. Grants are made by The Prince of Wales’s
Charitable Foundation to charitable causes aiming to
encourage the principles of sustainability and collaboration,
which underpin his many initiatives. The Prince has also
established charitable foundations in Canada, China and
the United States of America to support charitable
endeavour in those countries.
To find out more visit: www.princeofwales.gov.uk
Young People and Education
www.princes-trust.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7543 1234
The Prince’s Drawing School
www.princesdrawingschool.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7613 8568
The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts
www.psta.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 7613 8500
The Prince’s Teaching Institute
www.princes-ti.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 3174 3106
The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts
www.childrenandarts.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 3326 2230
International Sustainability
University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
www.cpsl.cam.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1223 768 850
International
The British Asian Trust
www.britishasiantrust.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7024 5646
Social Enterprises
Duchy Originals
www.duchyoriginals.com
The Built Environment
The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
www.princes-foundation.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7613 8500
A. G. Carrick (trading as Highgrove Enterprises)
www.highgroveshop.com Tel: +44 (0) 845 521 4342
The Prince’s Regeneration Trust
www.princes-regeneration.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 3262 0560
Foundations
The Great Steward of Scotland’s Dumfries House Trust
www.dumfries-house.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1290 425959
The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation
The Prince’s Charities Canada
www.princescharities.ca
Responsible Business and Enterprise
The Prince’s Charities Foundation (China)
Business in the Community
www.bitc.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 7566 8650
The Prince of Wales Foundation (USA)
Scottish Business in the Community
www.sbcscot.com Tel: +44 (0) 131 451 1100
In Kind Direct
www.inkinddirect.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 7398 5510
The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise (PRIME)
www.prime.org.uk Tel: +44 (0) 20 3137 8525
PRIME–Cymru
www.prime-cymru.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 800 587 4085
The Prince’s Youth Business International
www.youthbusiness.org Tel: +44 (0) 20 3326 2060
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Annual Review 2012 - The Prince of Wales

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