Kimpton Parish Church Restoration Trust

Analysis

Kimpton Parish Church Restoration Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in May 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Kimpton Parish Church Restoration Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £3,161, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,443 to £14k (+854%), an average of +76% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 2128%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Kimpton Parish Church Restoration Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Buckinghamshire Family History Society (£14k), Queen Street Heritage Trust Limited (£14k) and En-Form (£14k).