Cardigan Building Preservation Trust

Analysis

Cardigan Building Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ceredigion. It was registered in May 2002, 24 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 04191325). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cardigan Building Preservation Trust reported income of £177k and spending of £88k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £177k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 497%. Over the whole period it spent 4.5% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cardigan Building Preservation Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brian D Newman Foundation for the Environment (£177k), The Baywind Energy Community Trust (£177k) and Faiths4change (£176k).