The Pleasley Pit Trust

Analysis

The Pleasley Pit Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Pleasley. It was registered in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03826722). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Pleasley Pit Trust reported income of £197k and spending of £241k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £37k to £197k (+434%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Pleasley Pit Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Joseph and Frances Clark Trust (£197k), Climate Live (£197k) and Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust (£196k).

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.