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United Counties Preservation Group

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1203262KeynshamGrant-making and general purposes
Income£14k2026-03-31
Spending£17ksame year
Spent / received86%3-year average
Size in its cause49th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered2023CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

United Counties Preservation Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keynsham. It was registered in May 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, United Counties Preservation Group reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2024 to March 2026, income grew from £6,365 to £14k (+124%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, United Counties Preservation Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jay C Trust (£14k), The Kenilworth Senior Citizens' Club (£14k) and Samasons Relief (£14k).

Income and spending

£0£4,327£8,654£13k£17k2024 Income: £6,3652024 Spending: £3,13920242025 Income: £9,8562025 Spending: £5,83720252026 Income: £14,2642026 Spending: £17,3072026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To advance the education of the pubic in general by providing information in all aspects of the transport heritage, vehicles and artefacts relating to bus and coach operation by the former United Counties Bus Company and other bus/coach companies in the Great Ouse Valley area.

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