Compton Verney Collection Settlement

Analysis

Compton Verney Collection Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Compton Verney Collection Settlement reported income of £127k and spending of £75k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £137k to £127k (-7.1%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 35% 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, Compton Verney Collection Settlement 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 Colman Institute (£127k), Barnsley Museums and Heritage Trust (£127k) and The Provincial Society (£127k).