Pickering War Memorial Charitable Trust

Analysis

Pickering War Memorial Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Pickering War Memorial Charitable Trust reported income of £67k and spending of £84k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £52k to £67k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Pickering War Memorial Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hawthorn Engine and Carriage Trust (£67k), Selby Community Trust (£67k) and St John's Arts and Recreation Association (£67k).

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.