West Wales Maritime Heritage Society

Analysis

West Wales Maritime Heritage Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pembroke Dock. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 02611959). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Wales Maritime Heritage Society reported income of £19k and spending of £27k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £44k to £19k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, West Wales Maritime Heritage Society sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Horbury Heritage Community Building Preservation and Management Trust Ltd (£19k), Llansilin Memorial Hall (£19k) and Mundford Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£19k).