Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Limited

Analysis

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newent. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02704407). It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Limited reported income of £151k and spending of £126k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £105k to £151k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Trust Limited sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brighton and Hove Estates Conservation Trust (£150k), Cambridge Carbon Footprint (£151k) and The Tam O'shanter Cottage Urban Farm Trust (£149k).