Heritage Charities
Discover 6,576 Heritage charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Georgian Theatre (richmond) Trust LTD
Arts, HeritageThe management of the Georgian Theatre and Georgian Theatre Experience, Richmond, North Yorkshire
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Limited
Arts, Heritage, ResearchThe principal activities of the charity are to educate and encourage the public in all aspects of the Arts Sciences Crafts and History with particular reference to the County of Cornwall.
Reform Club Conservation Charitable Trust
HeritagePRESERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF THE REFORM CLUB BUILDING AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF REASONABLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO VIEW ITS HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES, ART COLLECTION, FURNITURE AND ARTEFACTS; AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Esteem
HeritageESTEEM is a charity which offers young adults aged 14-26 opportunities to develop confidence, build life-skills and improve well-being. ESTEEM has recently incorporated to become a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Please refer to ESTEEM's former Registered Charity Number 1058540 for our charitable history, 1995-2020 where we operated our services as an unincorporated organisation.
The Wells Museum
HeritageThe running of a museum relating to the town of Wells and the Mendip Hills
Guild Of St Mary's Centre Lichfield
HeritageThe charity provides and operates a visual and performing arts venue that is affordable and accessible for all. It provides a vibrant and engaging museum and Treasury display of silver together with inspirational education and arts experiences and access to SCC Local Records digitally. Several thousand photographs of local historical interest are available for public viewing.
Bury St Edmunds Women's Aid Centre Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, Heritage, Housing, Social welfareWe provide support and accommodation for people affected by Domestic Abuse. We offer temporary accommodation in a safe and supportive refuge where women and their children can recover from the traumatic effects of Domestic Abuse and make informed choices. We also offer a range of community services, courses and counselling to support women to rebuild their lives after abuse.
Teach For Tomorrow
Beneficiary group, HeritageOur purpose is to create a better world - one classroom at a time. We believe in the power and potential of educators to inspire and transform the lives of young people by unlocking new levels of understanding, awareness and community mindedness so they are equipped to create a better future for everyone. We provide teacher training, classroom resources and enrichment activities.
The Lakeland Trust For Natural Sciences Limited
Environment, Facilities, Heritage, Researchto stimulate interest and enthusiasm and educate the general public in zoology and other natural sciences by establishing and running one or more zoological gardens or similar scientific exhibitions to promote and carry out scientific study and research into natural history and related scientific fields, especially where such knowledge would help the conservation of species and habitats.
Collections Trust
Charitable activities, HeritageThe Collections Trust is the UK's independent organisation for cultural collections. We campaign for the public right to access and engage with collections.We do this by:-Promoting best practiceEncouraging InnovationRepresenting the interests of the sector
The Folkestone Leas Lift Company CIO
HeritageOur intention is to restore and then maintain and operate the Leas lift for the benefit of the local community and visitors to preserve this historic water powered cliffside funicular railway and to introduce the history of the lift to the public.
Harvey's Foundry Trust
HeritagePromoting the preservation, protection, development, improvement & education for the benefit of the people of Hayle, Cornwall & the nation, the natural historical, architectural & constructional heritage, features, objects, collections and projects of historic & public interest, including buildings of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.
Make IT Sustainable LTD
Heritage, LeisureMake It Sustainable is a charity that aims to fuel a creative, low-carbon, local economy through teaching, sharing and using making skills and promoting local resilience and cooperation. The Old Print Works is a reinvented historic building providing bespoke, versatile and fun spaces for work and leisure in the heart of Balsall Heath, giving endless reasons to meet, learn, collaborate and grow.
Royal Asiatic Society Of Great Britain And Ireland
Arts, Education, Heritage, ResearchThe investigation and encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia. The Society promotes a number of activities in this field: lectures, research workshops and student events. It publishes works of scholarship and a journal. It maintains an important library including prints, drawings and manuscripts relating to the history, religions, languages, art and customs of Asia.
The Florence Nightingale Museum Trust
HeritageTo establish and maintain a museum for the preservation and wider display of the Florence Nightingale collection.
Intelligence Corps Association
HeritageTo promote the well-being & efficiency of the Intelligence Corps by fostering esprit de corps and maintaining contact between past and present members. To educate in the role, history, traditions and ethos of the Corps. To provide relief to qualifying beneficiaries. To commemorate and remember those members, or former members, who have lost their lives or suffered injury in service to the public.
Hay Castle Trust
HeritageThe Company's objects are to preserve the heritage of Hay Castle in Hay-on-Wye and to advance educationon the architecture of the building, local history and the arts by the purchase and preservation of the buildingand its surrounding land.
The London Welsh Centre Trust
Arts, Heritage, ResearchTo provide an educational and cultural centre in or near London to promote the knowledge and use of the welsh language, through educational means; and promote culture and education (e.g. literature, art, music, history, science) particularly relating to Wales and the Welsh people, but not exclusively, for the benefit of the public.
Bournemouth War Memorial Homes
Beneficiary group, Heritage, HousingThe charity operates as a landlord letting its own flats and bungalows to ex service men and women and their families
Adel War Memorial Association
Facilities, Heritage, LeisureSport / recreation. General public / mankind. Provide buildings / facilities / open space.
The Fusiliers Museum And Learning Centre Limited
HeritageThe provision of museum facilities for the collections of the Lancashire Fusiliers and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers and to provide access for people of all ages, background and level of ability to these collections for their enjoyment, education and research, whilst ensuring that the collections are appropriately safeguarded.
The Long Shop Museum
Charitable activities, HeritageTo provide for the benefit and education of the public a museum on the site of the former Richard Garrett Town Works exhibiting Leiston's engineering and social heritage as well as conserving its historic buildings and related collections.
Cfydc (chance)
Beneficiary group, Heritage, LeisureCFYDC (Chance) aims to engage and actively assist in the development of young people 5-18 and adults, so they are able to reach their fullest potential. This will be by providing the facilities, resources and staffing for a range of educational, training and sports activities which enable there aspirations and dreams to be fulfilled; whatever their background and regardless of their history.
Avoncroft Museum Of Historic Buildings
HeritageAvoncroft is a museum of historic buildings rescued from imminent destruction and carefully rebuilt on an open-air site near Bromsgrove in the north of Worcestershire. Our principal aim isTo inspire enthusiasm for and understanding of the history of building as illustrated at Avoncroft, and the relationship of people with the buildings they constructed and in which they lived and worked.
The Harley Foundation
Arts, HeritageThe running of an art gallery and associated activities.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many heritage charities are there in the UK?
There are 6,576 registered heritage charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the 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 heritage charities?
Heritage charities reported a combined annual income of £5.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for heritage charities?
Across all heritage charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 92.6%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of heritage charities?
Heritage charities have an average annual income of £591k. 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.