The Baring Archive Limited

Analysis

The Baring Archive Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number BR000341). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Baring Archive Limited reported income of £191k and spending of £203k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £120k to £191k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Baring Archive Limited sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strata Florida Trust (£191k), UK National Parks Charity Foundation (£193k) and Western Locomotive Association Limited (£191k).

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.