Valley Heritage

Analysis

Valley Heritage is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Valley Heritage reported income of £105k and spending of £122k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £122k to £105k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 268%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Valley Heritage sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% 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 The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland (£105k), Stoke-On-Trent North, Stoke-On-Trent South, Newcastle and Longton Divisions of the Guide Association (£105k) and Rickmansworth Waterways Trust Limited (£105k).

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.