Benington Community Heritage Trust

Analysis

Benington Community Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston. It was registered in November 2007, 19 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 06307593). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Benington Community Heritage Trust reported income of £102k and spending of £125k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £223k to £102k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, Benington Community Heritage Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include De Morgan Foundation (£102k), Yorkshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£102k) and Sansara Choir (£102k).

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.