The Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society

Analysis

The Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dyfed. It was registered in April 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,224 to £19k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 352%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Mary's Winchfield (£19k), The International Society for Diatom Research (£19k) and High Batts Nature Reserve (£19k).