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Plynlimon Heritage Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1093424AberystwythEnvironment and conservation
Income£267k2025-07-31
Spending£7,994same year
Spent / received6.8%5-year average
Size in its cause87th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2002Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Plynlimon Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aberystwyth. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04245752). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Plynlimon Heritage Trust reported income of £267k and spending of £7,994, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 2574%. Over the whole period it spent 6.8% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Plynlimon Heritage Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thames Explorer Trust (£265k), BASC Wildlife Fund Charity (£268k) and Tanfield Railway Trust Limited (£263k).

Income and spending

£0£67k£134k£201k£267k2021 Income: £02021 Spending: £73920212022 Income: £02022 Spending: £78520222023 Income: £02023 Spending: £85320232024 Income: £10,0002024 Spending: £10,94520242025 Income: £267,4392025 Spending: £7,9942025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Trust enables work on heritage projects within the Ceredigion uplands. In the year 2011-12 it made a loan to Pentir Pumlumon for the furtherance of community projects, and continued to seek funds for future projects.

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