Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited

Analysis

Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in September 1979, 47 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 01444058). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.1m (+5.3%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 The Global Diversity Foundation (£1.1m), Cambridge Past, Present & Future (£1.1m) and Small Woods Association (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86%, charitable activities 11% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £13k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.