Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill

Analysis

Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stansted. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill reported income of £55k and spending of £60k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,747 to £55k (+3072%), an average of +137% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1562%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Stansted Mountfitchet Windmill sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Evacuees Association (£55k), Croome Heritage Trust (£55k) and The Friends of Bushy and Home Parks (£55k).

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.