Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust

Analysis

Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Great Tey. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03020005). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust reported income of £839k and spending of £511k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £40k to £839k (+1994%), an average of +114% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 345%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Colchester and North East Essex Building Preservation Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wear Rivers Trust (£832k), Community Action: MK (£841k) and Wildlife and Countryside Link (£831k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and donations and legacies 8.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.