Rothwell Preservation Trust

Analysis

Rothwell Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rothwell. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01964744). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rothwell Preservation Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £27k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £339k to £28k (-92%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rothwell Preservation Trust 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 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Barnet Environment Centre (£28k), The Bedfordshire Natural History Society (£28k) and Grasmere Red Squirrel Group (£28k).