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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.

The Freshgate Trust Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure

A grant making charity established in 1941 by Harry Brearley, the discoverer of stainless steel.The Trustees policy is to meet the objectives whilst giving priority to organisations within South Yorkshire in the following spheres: Education (including Travel & Training);Heritage, Restoration & Environment; Music & The Arts; Recreation (including Holidays & Sport; Welfare, Health & Social Care.

Latest Income: £101,008
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Narberth Museum Limited

Beneficiary group, Heritage

Narberth Museum undertook the restoration of The Bonded Stores enabling the Trust to develop its educational and community work.The Museum provides permanent and temporary exhibitions, an education service, research facilities for local and family historians and a varied programme of talks and events.It continues to involve itself in the architectural heritage of the area.

Latest Income: £100,084
Areas of Operation: Pembrokeshire
Status: Registered
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Working Omnibus Museum Project LTD

Heritage

The running of premises for the storage and restoration of items, and a museum of restored items which tell the story of local road passenger transport on the South Coast.The organisation and operation of free bus services and other special events to demonstarte the vehicles and practices used in the past to operate local road passenger transport.

Latest Income: £99,651
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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British Trolleybus Society

Arts, Heritage

Educating the public at large as to the operation and historic interest of the trolleybus by(a) Maintaining and restoring the Society's historic trolleybus collection(b) Supporting the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft(c) Publishing a monthly journal about the Society and trolleybuses(d) Publishing books about the trolleybus

Latest Income: £98,373
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Derby And Sandiacre Canal Trust Limited

Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

To work with the local community to restore the former Derby Canal as a navigable waterway from Sandiacre to Swarkestone via Derby as close as possible to the original route, creating a cruising ring and reconnecting Derby to the national canal network maximising the sustainable economic, job creation, environmental, nature conservancy, leisure, heritage and educational benefits for all.

Latest Income: £97,899
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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T B H Brunner's Charitable Trust

Arts, Heritage, Religion

The trustees seek to make donations to other charities and voluntary bodies for the benefit of Church of England Preservation projects and other charities dealing with Historical Preservation, both local to Oxfordshire and nationally. The trustees may also seek to make donations to other charities, voluntary bodies and individuals relating to the Arts, music and also for general charitable purpose

Latest Income: £96,669
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Saint Petrox Trust Lands

Heritage, Social welfare

Relief of the poor and the support of ancient and historical buildings in the Parish of Dartmouth and particularly within the Parish of St Petrox, Dartmouth.

Latest Income: £96,505
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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South Devon Railway Trust

Environment, Heritage

Operates a heritage railway between Buckfastleigh and Totnes (Riverside) in the manner of the former Great Western Railway and British Railways Western Region with reference to a period ending in the mid nineteen sixties.

Latest Income: £94,330
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Church Lands In The Parish Of Hornsea

Heritage, Religion

A fund for the repair and maintenance of the parish church at Hornsea.

Latest Income: £87,896
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Abney Park Trust

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Heritage, Religion

The conservation and management of Abney Park (a 32acre memorial park, heritage chapel & woodland nature reserve) for environmental and arts education, skills training courses, museum/archive services, & cultural events. Projects include restoration of the Abney Park Chapel, arboretum, and memorials, and a new classroom and children's garden. Based in Stoke Newington, Hackney, London N16.

Latest Income: £86,395
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Battle Of Britain Locomotive Society

Heritage

restoration and running of steam locomotive

Latest Income: £86,313
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Preservation

Heritage

For preserving buildings, structures or sites of historic interest, architectural merit or amenity value and where possible finding suitable uses for them.

Latest Income: £85,907
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The Antiquity Trust

Heritage

Promoting archaeological research, education and learning

Latest Income: £85,817
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Salisbury Cathedral Trust

Heritage, Religion

Provision of funds for the repair and maintenance of Salisbury Cathedral.

Latest Income: £84,102
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Carlisle Cathedral Development Trust

Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Religion

Established to form an ongoing part of the life and work of the cathedral and to assist in its fund-raising for the development of the cathedral's life and worship, the improvement of its facilities and the maintenance and restoration of its buildings.

Latest Income: £83,982
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Burgesses' Land

Heritage, Social welfare

To restore, build, maintain, beautify and repair the council's buildings & secondly to help the poor & needy.

Latest Income: £83,658
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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The Church Fields Charity

Heritage, Religion

The Charity's principal objective is the repair and maintenance of the fabric of the parish church of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George, Beckenham, and, after that, furthering the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the said ecclesiastical parish.

Latest Income: £82,585
Areas of Operation: Bromley
Status: Registered
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Almondsbury Charity

Beneficiary group, Heritage, Religion

Almondsbury Charity is a long-established local charity providing financial assistance to individuals, families, community groups, and organisations within the historic Parish of Almondsbury, as constituted on 1 January 1881. The charity also contributes towards the maintenance and repair of the five Church of England churches named in the Trust Deed. Support for the community.

Latest Income: £82,551
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Diesel And Electric Preservation Group Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage

The principal activity of the company is to advance the education of the public in the history and development of diesel traction on the railways of the West of England by the preservation and operation of diesel locomotives and associated equipment on the West Somerset railway.

Latest Income: £82,237
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust

Heritage

Grants made to a number of churches on the Romney Marsh for the work of repairs, maintenance and restoration of the fabric and curtilage and for the undertaking of physical improvements, alterations and additions of the said churches including the installation of basic facilities.

Latest Income: £81,987
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Bishops Cleeve Village Hall

Facilities, Heritage

MANAGEMENT OF BISHOP'S CLEEVE VILLAGE HALL - A 15TH CENTURY GRADE II LISTED TITHE BARN

Latest Income: £80,595
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

The Trust exists to advance the education of the public by acquiring, holding, restoring and maintaining the Churchill Archive and by making it available for the purposes of research and viewing.

Latest Income: £78,833
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Brandon Endowment

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

For repair, maintenance and upkeep of Bevis Marks Synagogue, london.To assist and further the general religious and educational activities of the Congregation.To make grants to associated charities of Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation.

Latest Income: £78,623
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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London County Council Tramways Trust

Charity and VCS support, Heritage

In support of the trust's objectives, the Trust is raising funds to complete the restoration to working order of London County Council tramcar No. 1, which forms part of the collection of the National Tramways Museum (registered charity no. 313615).

Latest Income: £78,239
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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St Laurence Ecclesiastical Charities

Heritage, Religion

The net yearly income is paid to the Parochial Church Council of St. Laurence, Reading for the maintenance and repair of the fabric, the bells and seats of the church of St. Laurence.

Latest Income: £77,450
Areas of Operation: Reading
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.