Stuart Heath Charitable Settlement

Analysis

Stuart Heath Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Stuart Heath Charitable Settlement reported income of £14k and spending of £17k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £12k to £14k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Stuart Heath Charitable Settlement sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Church Lands (£14k), Shap Local History Society (£15k) and The Friends of St John the Baptist Church Little Yeldham (£14k).

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.