The Buckfastleigh Trust

Analysis

The Buckfastleigh Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckfastleigh. It was registered in May 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03535168). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Buckfastleigh Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £23k, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £15k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Buckfastleigh Trust sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Enfield Chamber Orchestra (£15k), The Sudanese Community Association of Bristol (£15k) and Everingham Village Hall (£15k).