Ledbury and District Society Trust Limited

Analysis

Ledbury and District Society Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in March 1978, 48 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 01340233). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ledbury and District Society Trust Limited reported income of £20k and spending of £26k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,543 to £20k (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ledbury and District Society Trust Limited 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 Holmesdale Natural History Club (£20k), Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust (£20k) and The Friends of Much Hadham Parish Church (£20k).

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.