Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Limited

Analysis

Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in August 1988, 38 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 00755216). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Limited reported income of £64k and spending of £45k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £26k to £64k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 292%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle Trust Limited sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Churches Trust (£64k), Friends of Langham Dome (£65k) and Campaign to Protect Rural England - Dorset Branch (£64k).