Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust

Analysis

Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheerness. It was registered in March 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 09197223). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust reported income of £111k and spending of £65k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £111k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 124% 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, Sheerness Dockyard Preservation Trust 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 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boys and Girls Clubs of South Yorkshire (£111k), Murton Recreational Charity (£111k) and Southern Pro Musica (£111k).