North Craven Building Preservation Trust

Analysis

North Craven Building Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Settle. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 01265072). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Craven Building Preservation Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £522k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £623k to £1.1m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, North Craven Building Preservation Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forum for Jewish Leadership Limited (£1.1m), The Underfall Yard Trust (£1.1m) and Genesis America (UK) Limited (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74%, trading 22%, donations and legacies 2.6% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 43%. Reserves of £115k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.