Old Hastings Preservation Society Limited

Analysis

Old Hastings Preservation Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hastings. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00611762). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Old Hastings Preservation Society Limited reported income of £49k and spending of £81k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £94k to £49k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 122% 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, Old Hastings Preservation Society Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edgelands Arts (£49k), Whittlesford Memorial Hall (£49k) and Bishopsteignton Heritage (£49k).

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.