The St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust

Analysis

The St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1999, 27 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust reported income of £121k and spending of £123k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £128k to £121k (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 37%. 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, The St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Meeting House Arts Centre Limited (£121k), Opera North Future Fund (£121k) and Saltburn Community and Arts Association (£121k).

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.