York Conservation Trust Limited

Analysis

York Conservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00395954). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, York Conservation Trust Limited reported income of £4.4m and spending of £2.6m, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £4.4m (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, York Conservation Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Changing Lives Housing Trust (£4.3m), Amat UK (£4.4m) and YMCA Leicestershire (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, investments 6.5% and donations and legacies 3.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £125k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6,857. It employed 6 people.