The Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology

Analysis

The Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology reported income of £18k and spending of £6,086, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1,446 to £18k (+1150%), an average of +88% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 889%. Over the whole period it spent 36% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southport Chrysanthemum and Gardening Society (£18k), Sandown and Shanklin Lions' Club Charity Trust Fund (£18k) and London County Council Tramways Trust (£18k).