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Heritage Charities That specialise in Historical conservation and restoration

Discover 875 Heritage charities that specialise in historical conservation and restoration. Use the search below to filter within these results.

875
Charities
£2,748,266,778
Total Income
£758,352
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Grainthorpe And Conisholme Village Association

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Heritage

To raise money through fundraising activities for the insurance, maintenance and upkeep of the village playing field and village hall.

Latest Income: £8,895
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Georgian House

Heritage

Manage a period house museum

Latest Income: £8,872
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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The Feldon Charitable Trust

Heritage, Religion

Upkeep and maintenance of church at Winderton, Warwickshire

Latest Income: £8,871
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Salisbury Cathedral Close Preservation Society

Charitable activities, Environment, Heritage, Religion

The Society's aim is to preserve the unique quality of Salisbury Cathedral Close for future generations, and to educate the public about the history, buildings, environment and wildlife of The Close. The Society normally organises an annual lecture to promote interest in and support for its objectives. The Society may also make grants towards the costs of preserving and enhancing The Close.

Latest Income: £8,762
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Bewerley Grange Chapel Fund

Heritage, Religion

Maintenance and upkeep of Grange Chapel and adjoining cottage.

Latest Income: £8,760
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Frances Jane Ward The Public Library

Arts, Heritage

OVERSEEING THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE WARD LIBRARY

Latest Income: £8,700
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Village Hall Fund (shurdington)

Facilities, Heritage

Upkeep and repair of Shurdington Social Centre.

Latest Income: £8,699
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Washington Old Hall

Associations, Heritage

To promote for the public benefit of the community of Washington and adjacent areas the permanent preservation and maintenance of Washington Old Hall as being a building of beauty and historic interest and the preservation and maintenance of the environs of the Hall.

Latest Income: £8,680
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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Horham And Athelington Village Hall

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Heritage

Our Victorian Old School Village Hall, in a village of 350, is used for fund raising events for the Church, quiz evenings, coffee mornings etc. Rapper and folk music and Morris Dancers use the hall it is is also hired out for private parties.Regular Wednesday morning Coffee, Cake and Chat and an internet cafe with instruction.

Latest Income: £8,666
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Blackborough Village Hall

Associations, Facilities, Heritage, Social welfare

Blackborough Village Hall Charity is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of Village hall enabling it to provide the social activities and events to the local community.

Latest Income: £8,650
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Toddington Parish Church

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Religion

To raise money for the restoration and fabric of St George of England Church, Toddington

Latest Income: £8,631
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Church Allotments

Facilities, Heritage, Religion

The aim is to help to maintain and the keep the grade 1 listed church building in good repair.

Latest Income: £8,545
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Robert Dixon Charitable Trust

Environment, Heritage, Social welfare

The Charity is very small and can only support selected worthy causes targeted and holding prior approval by the Trustees in the areas of medical research, health and well-being, education, historical buildings and to animal, wildlife and environmental concerns and those who find themselves in particular hardship. The Trust regrets it cannot make other arbitrary donations however deserving.

Latest Income: £8,536
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Buckland Dinham Village Hall

Facilities, Heritage

this charity maintains the building and grounds of the village hall. It manages the funds raised by the hire of the building to various groups.These funds, along with money raised by the charity,are used for the day to day running of the hall and for maintenance and repairs.

Latest Income: £8,519
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Holne Church Charity

Heritage, Leisure, Religion

The charity invested the monies from the sale of the Church House Inn, Holne in 2018. The income from the investment is exclusively used for the upkeep and maintenance of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holne. The charity also holds the Playpark, Holne in trust for the recreation and enjoyment by the community.

Latest Income: £8,502
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Mechanical Music Museum Trust

Arts, Heritage

Educational talks, demonstrating the large collection of mechanical music items ie music boxes, polyphons, street pianos, fair organs & the wurlitzer theatre organ - to name a few, to educate all ages of the general public. preservation and restoration of mechanical music instruments. Organiser of events to show case the history and culture that has mostly been forgotten.

Latest Income: £8,496
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Pinner Parish Church, St John The Baptist, Pinner

Associations, Heritage, Religion

The charity encourages all who are interested in the building from either an historic or architectural point of view to join those who are concerned in preserving an important place of worship and centre of community life in Pinner. The Church, dedicated in 1321, is undergoing extensive restoration and donations are sought from a wider public.

Latest Income: £8,476
Areas of Operation: Harrow
Status: Registered
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The Westhorpe Trust

Education, Heritage

Relief in need for village residents.General benefit of village residents.Assistance for those at school, in higher or further education, apprenticeships, courses or other forms of education.Upkeep and repair of the fabric and maintenance of services in St Margaret's Church, Westhorpe.

Latest Income: £8,457
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Hexham Abbey Restoration Trust

Heritage

Raise and distribute funds for ongoing restoration at Hexham Abbey

Latest Income: £8,412
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Kenneth Allsop Memorial Trust Limited

Heritage, Housing

The Trust owns and manages the island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel as a living memorial to pioneer environmentalist Kenneth Allsop. Visitors are welcome on scheduled day trips, whether tourists, or specialists in ecology and/or history. Research is encouraged and published. The 1867 Victorian Barracks houses the island Visitor Centre. Donations and subscriptions help with expenses.

Latest Income: £8,365
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St John's Church, Northington, Hampshire

Associations, Facilities, Heritage, Religion

To maintain, restore, repair and improve the fabric of St. John's Church Northington, its churchyard and its boundary walls.To restore, repair, maintain and improve the fixtures, fittings and furnishings of the Church.

Latest Income: £8,336
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Eastbourne And District Preservation Trust LTD

Heritage

The restoration and maintenance of Willingdon/Polegate tower windmill and milling museum, Willingdon, East Sussex as a heritage monument and educational resource open to the public.

Latest Income: £8,144
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Stow Church Restoration Trust

Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Religion

The Trust exists to raise funds for the restoration of the internationally important Saxon Minster of St Mary's, Stow

Latest Income: £7,945
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Centre For Medieval And Renaissance Studies Limited

Heritage

The promotion of educational services

Latest Income: £7,915
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Truro Diocesan Guild Of Ringers

Heritage, Religion

Serving the church in the diocese of Truro by encouraging members to ring for services and on other appropriate occasions, promoting care and restoration of rings of bells and their fittings, and in other ways.

Latest Income: £7,897
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities are there in the UK?

There are 875 registered historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities?

Historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities reported a combined annual income of £2.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities?

Across all historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities?

Historical-conservation-and-restoration heritage charities have an average annual income of £758k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.