Friends of the York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research

Analysis

Friends of the York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of the York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research reported income of £20k and spending of £31k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £6,594 to £20k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the York Archaeological Trust for Excavation and Research sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The David and Christopher Lewis Foundation (£20k), Eden Edge (£20k) and The Melbourne Gardens Charity Income Trust (£20k).