Holgate Windmill Preservation Society

Analysis

Holgate Windmill Preservation Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in September 2004, 22 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 05217005). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Holgate Windmill Preservation Society reported income of £57k and spending of £25k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £57k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Holgate Windmill Preservation Society sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the River Frome (£56k), Whitwell and Reepham Railway Preservation Society Limited (£57k) and Green and Away (£56k).