QDG Heritage Trust

Analysis

QDG Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in July 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, QDG Heritage Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £20k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £13k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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, QDG Heritage Trust sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cannock Chase Arts Council (£13k), The Byt Project (£13k) and Goring Chamber Choir CIO (£13k).