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Workington Heritage Group Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1127084WorkingtonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£108k2025-03-31
Spending£91ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause80th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2008Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Workington Heritage Group Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Workington. It was registered in December 2008, 18 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 05378881). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Workington Heritage Group Ltd reported income of £108k and spending of £91k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £120k to £108k (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Workington Heritage Group Ltd sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cockerham Parish Hall (£108k), South Yorkshire Transport Museum Ltd (£108k) and The Florence Trust Ltd (£108k).

Income and spending

£0£32k£64k£96k£128k2021 Income: £120,0102021 Spending: £82,23720212022 Income: £102,4812022 Spending: £92,06620222023 Income: £127,9332023 Spending: £112,47420232024 Income: £102,1812024 Spending: £106,97120242025 Income: £108,3122025 Spending: £91,0792025
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In the charity's own words

The Charity manages the Helena Thompson Museum in Workington on behalf of Allerdale borough Council. Through the organising, by WHG Ltd, of Outreach, educational, social, historical and cultural activities, it brings the heritage of Workington and district to as wide an audience as possible

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CharityLocationIncome
Cockerham Parish HallLancaster£108k
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The Florence Trust LtdLondon£108k
The Empire Theatre (Merseyside) Trust LimitedLiverpool£108k