Bletchley Park Trust Limited

Analysis

Bletchley Park Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in July 1992, 34 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 02730618). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bletchley Park Trust Limited reported income of £7.7m and spending of £8.9m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6.4m to £7.7m (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. 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, Bletchley Park Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poole Arts Trust Limited (£7.7m), The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Limited (£7.8m) and Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Trust Limited (£7.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 71%, trading 21%, donations and legacies 7.1% and investments 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £137k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 114 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.