Fort Amherst Heritage Trust

Analysis

Fort Amherst Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chatham. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 04362306). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fort Amherst Heritage Trust reported income of £216k and spending of £331k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £74k to £216k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 3615%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Fort Amherst Heritage Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urbanwise.london Limited (£216k), The Working Class Movement Library (£217k) and The George Adamson & Tony Fitzjohn Wildlife Trust (£215k).

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.