Romsey and District Buildings Preservation Trust Limited

Analysis

Romsey and District Buildings Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romsey. It was registered in December 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01219145). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Romsey and District Buildings Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £29k and spending of £95k, spending 329% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £29k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 213%. Over the whole period it spent 714% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Romsey and District Buildings Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Essex Society for Family History (£29k), Moorside Wetland Trust (£29k) and Cardiff Rivers Group (£29k).

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.