The National Memorial Arboretum Company Limited

Analysis

The National Memorial Arboretum Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02927443). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The National Memorial Arboretum Company Limited reported income of £5.4m and spending of £5.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £4.0m to £5.4m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The National Memorial Arboretum Company Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset Wildlife Trust (£5.3m), Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Limited (£5.5m) and Transitionzero (£5.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 77%, charitable activities 17%, investments 4.5% and trading 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £237k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £783k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 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.