The Wargrave Heritage Trust

Analysis

The Wargrave Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Wargrave Heritage Trust reported income of £258k and spending of £5,938, leaving 98% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,915 to £258k (+4255%), an average of +157% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 2970%. Over the whole period it spent 15% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Wargrave Heritage Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bentham-Moxon Trust (£255k), The Middlesex Federation of Women's Institutes (£258k) and The International Association of Hydrological Sciences Limited (£253k).