The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited

Analysis

The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited reported income of £16k and spending of £17k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £19k to £16k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 473%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, The Sheppey Heritage Trust Limited sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Swansea University of the Third Age (£16k), Evans Public Hall (£16k) and National Federation of Hungarians in England (£16k).

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.