Bunbury Watermill Trust

Analysis

Bunbury Watermill Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 2010, 16 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 trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bunbury Watermill Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £19k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £15k (+24%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Bunbury Watermill Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doddington Village Hall (£15k), Claverley Village Hall (£15k) and Papplewick and District Young Farmers Club (£15k).

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.