The Foresters Heritage Trust

Analysis

The Foresters Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brentwood. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Foresters Heritage Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £134k, spending 277% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £58k to £48k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Foresters Heritage Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forest Philharmonic Society (£48k), L&nwr Society (£48k) and Saffron Walden Orchestral Society (£48k).