Creating a sustainable future for the National Trust update
- Published:
- 01 October 2025
- Last updated:
- 01 October 2025
In July we announced the need to make savings due to sustained cost pressures that are affecting many charities, and to put us in the best position to deliver our new 10-year strategy.
Following consultation and our voluntary redundancy scheme, we have been able to minimise the number of compulsory redundancies. As a result of cutting our pay reduction target by £2 million we have also been able to add some roles back into our proposed structure.
Of the 6% reduction in headcount we were expecting to make, 4% has come via voluntary redundancy, meaning 2% will now be subject to compulsory redundancy. This is a total reduction of around 500 full-time posts.
We are grateful to all our staff and volunteers for the kindness and resilience they have shown throughout this process, and we thank our trade union, Prospect, for the skilled and diligent support they have shown for our people.
The savings will help the Trust be successful in a very challenging financial climate and start to deliver our new strategy goals of restoring nature, ending unequal access to nature and cultural heritage, and inspiring millions more people to support our cause. We still have some work to do, but we aim to have new structures and ways of working in place for early 2026.
The National Trust has endured for over a century because it continues to adapt and plan for the long term.