The Co-Operative Heritage Trust

Analysis

The Co-Operative Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in August 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Co-Operative Heritage Trust reported income of £213k and spending of £404k, spending 190% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £144k to £213k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 268% 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, The Co-Operative Heritage Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited (£213k), The Lace Market Theatre Trust Limited (£213k) and South Yorkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (£213k).

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.