Wiltshire Buildings Record

Analysis

Wiltshire Buildings Record is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chippenham. It was registered in July 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Buildings Record reported income of £29k and spending of £26k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £29k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Wiltshire Buildings Record 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 Conservation Without Borders (£29k), Belper North Mill Trust (£29k) and Friends of Graves Park (£29k).