Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust

Analysis

Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust reported income of £114k and spending of £195k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £230k to £114k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Hoghton Tower Preservation Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sir Terence Rattigan Charitable Trust (£114k), Youth Music Centre (£114k) and FilmBath LTD (£114k).

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.