Castleford Heritage Trust

Analysis

Castleford Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Castleford. It was registered in September 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05009303). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Castleford Heritage Trust reported income of £247k and spending of £420k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £220k to £247k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Castleford Heritage Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedford Players Trust (£247k), The British Engineerium Trust Limited (£248k) and The Theatre in Prisons and Probation Centre (£247k).