Thornbury and District Heritage Trust

Analysis

Thornbury and District Heritage Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02087293). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Thornbury and District Heritage Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £6,044, leaving 76% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £25k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 90%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Thornbury and District Heritage Trust 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 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Valentine Singers (£25k), The Cromwell Association (£25k) and Eastbourne Silver Band (£25k).