St Mary's Church East Bergholt Preservation Society

Analysis

St Mary's Church East Bergholt Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Mary's Church East Bergholt Preservation Society reported income of £34k and spending of £12k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £21k to £34k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 259%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, St Mary's Church East Bergholt Preservation Society sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Georges (£33k), Parrox Hall Preservation Trust (£34k) and Vinters Valley Park Trust CIO (£33k).