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St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1096839WesterhamEnvironment and conservation
Income£15k2025-08-31
Spending£572same year
Spent / received72%5-year average
Size in its cause53rd pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2003Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Westerham. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £572, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £5,903 to £15k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 268%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brentwood Assize House (£15k), The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire Branch (£15k) and The Friends of St Lawrence Church Bradfield (£15k).

Income and spending

£0£8,813£18k£26k£35k2021 Income: £5,9032021 Spending: £29420212022 Income: £6,0492022 Spending: £27820222023 Income: £22,2512023 Spending: £35,25220232024 Income: £20,4762024 Spending: £13,50020242025 Income: £15,0092025 Spending: £5722025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Other 100%

In the charity's own words

To promote for public benefit by preservation, repair, maintenance, restoration, replacement and improvement of:(i) the heritage and fabric of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Westerham in the Diocese of Rochester including its various attachments, and(ii) the churchyard, its boundaries and ancient monuments.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Brentwood Assize HouseBrentwood£15k
The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire BranchReading£15k
The Friends of St Lawrence Church BradfieldManningtree£15k
The Friends of St Mary's HerriardAlton£15k