Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Limited

Analysis

Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Morecambe. It was registered in February 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05556536). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £666k and spending of £164k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £562k to £666k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 302%. Over the whole period it spent 40% 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, Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swedenborg Society (£664k), Somerset and Dorset Railway Heritage Trust (£666k) and The Japan Society (£664k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 44%, donations and legacies 32% and charitable activities 24%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.7%. Reserves of £516k would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.