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Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 803654NorfolkEnvironment and conservation
Income£42k2025-03-31
Spending£57ksame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered1990Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norfolk. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02510307). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £42k and spending of £57k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,453 to £42k (+2804%), an average of +132% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 5403%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Swansea Botanical Gardens (£42k), The Derbyshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£42k) and Leicester and Leicestershire Historic Churches Preservation Trust (£42k).

Income and spending

£0£20k£40k£60k£80k2021 Income: £1,4532021 Spending: £43,72120212022 Income: £79,9562022 Spending: £38,44420222023 Income: £22,0612023 Spending: £25,88220232024 Income: £18,3962024 Spending: £17,88520242025 Income: £42,1982025 Spending: £56,6892025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The trust aims to restore, preserve and maintain its two historic fishing vessels, the 'Lydia Eva' YH89 and the 'Mincarlo' LT412 as floating museums, open to the public to interpret the social history of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, together with the story of the vessels themselves.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Friends of Swansea Botanical GardensSwansea£42k
The Derbyshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural EnglandLondon£42k
Leicester and Leicestershire Historic Churches Preservation TrustLeicestershire£42k
EcoworksNottinghamshire£42k