Windmill Hill Windmill Trust

Analysis

Windmill Hill Windmill Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hailsham. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, 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 October 2025, Windmill Hill Windmill Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £58k to £13k (-78%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Windmill Hill Windmill Trust sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frome Town Band (£13k), Cookridge & Horsforth U3a (£13k) and Altogether Archaeology (£13k).

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.