Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust

Analysis

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in October 2011, 15 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 07586089). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £30k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £60k to £15k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Herefordshire & Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Mary's Ashwell Hertfordshire (£15k), Sicklinghall Village Hall (£15k) and The Friends of Flitcham Church (£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.