Pendeen Community Heritage

Analysis

Pendeen Community Heritage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penzance. It was registered in July 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04202906). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Pendeen Community Heritage reported income of £851k and spending of £756k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £733k to £851k (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Pendeen Community Heritage sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Country Houses Foundation (£850k), Institute of Corrosion (£857k) and Vulcan to the Sky Trust (£847k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69% and donations and legacies 31%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £117k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.