Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Ltd

Analysis

Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 04637976). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Ltd reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £313k to £2.2m (+590%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Richmondshire Building Preservation Trust Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trust for Oxfordshire's Environment (Toe) Ltd (£2.1m), The Surrey Care Trust (£2.2m) and The Heritage Trust for the North West (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 54%, charitable activities 43% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 56% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £50k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.