New Forest Heritage Trust

Analysis

New Forest Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lyndhurst. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 11787042). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending January 2025, New Forest Heritage Trust reported income of £470k and spending of £631k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £538k to £470k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, New Forest Heritage Trust sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grizedale Arts (£469k), Tomorrow's Warriors Trust (£470k) and The Royal Institute of Philosophy (£469k).

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.