Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education

Analysis

Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Knaresborough. It was registered in August 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education reported income of £203k and spending of £182k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £98k to £203k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 50%. 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, Gerald Arthur Rolph Foundation for Historic Preservation and Education sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chadacre Agricultural Trust (£202k), The West Sussex Countryside Studies Trust (£204k) and Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association Limited (£200k).