Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust Limited

Analysis

Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in August 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 05321354). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £26k and spending of £31k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £26k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Annie Frances Styring Memorial Foundation (£26k), Sandgate Heritage Trust CIO (£27k) and Naunton Dovecote Trust (£26k).

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.