History Workshop Journal

Analysis

History Workshop Journal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in July 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, History Workshop Journal reported income of £54k and spending of £62k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £43k to £54k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, History Workshop Journal sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Second World War Experience Centre (£54k), Religions for Peace United Kingdom (£54k) and The Alde & Ore Estuary Trust (£53k).