Great Torrington Buildings Preservation Trust

Analysis

Great Torrington Buildings Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torrington. It was registered in October 2003, 23 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 04934863). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Great Torrington Buildings Preservation Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £41k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £80k to £46k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Great Torrington Buildings Preservation Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists Limited (£46k), The Campaign to Protect Rural England - Warwickshire (£46k) and Forest Gate Community Garden (£45k).