The Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust

Analysis

The Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust reported income of £306k and spending of £547k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £472k to £306k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 150% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Stratfield Saye Preservation Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cholmondeley Gardens Trust (£305k), Ford Park Cemetery Trust (£308k) and Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society (£305k).

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.