The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited

Analysis

The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 2005, 21 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 05282409). It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £30k to £21k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 38th Leicester Scout Group (£21k), Business Archives Council (£21k) and Friends of Whirlow Brook Park (£21k).

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.