Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire

Analysis

Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sleaford. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02554738). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.1m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.7m (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel (£1.7m), The British School at Athens (£1.7m) and Merton Music Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and trading 25%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £303k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 49 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.