Beckery Island Regeneration Trust

Analysis

Beckery Island Regeneration Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Glastonbury. It was registered in August 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 05518679). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Beckery Island Regeneration Trust reported income of £2.8m and spending of £30k, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £9,500 to £2.8m (+29181%), an average of +314% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 2950%. Over the whole period it spent 3.3% 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, Beckery Island Regeneration Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Seachange Trust (£2.8m), Rift Valley Research Limited (£2.8m) and Akram Khan Dance Company (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 29%. Reserves of £15k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate.