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Heritage Charities

Discover 6,576 Heritage charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

6,576
Charities
£5,185,607,911
Total Income
£591,424
Avg Income
92.6%
Program Ratio

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

Torbay Museums Trust

Heritage, Research

Advancement of education by promoting the study of the Natural Sciences and Human History.Particular emphasis is placed on Natural History, Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnography, Social and Local History and the Industrial and Decorative Arts.

Latest Income: £484,139
Areas of Operation: Torbay
Status: Registered
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Market Harborough And The Bowdens Charity

Charitable activities, Education, Facilities, Heritage, Social welfare

FROM 1 JUNE 17, THE CHARITY MAKES, WITHIN A SPECIFIED AREA OF BENEFIT, CHARITABLE DONATIONS FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND DONATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS TO ASSIST WITH FURTHER EDUCATION, AND TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP & DISTRESS. IT ALSO PROVIDES ALLOTMENTS AND FUNDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF GREAT BOWDEN.

Latest Income: £483,807
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Rebel Restoration

Charitable activities, Heritage

Rebel Restoration provides grants and funding to holistic projects which :1. Remove carbon from the atmosphere whilst restoring natural habitats and biodiversity2. Develop research on the impact of nature-based carbon removal and 3. Encourage communities to become involved in nature-based projects. Preferably all three. Mostly in the UK.

Latest Income: £482,066
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Thames Festival Trust

Arts, Environment, Heritage

Thames Festival Trust's focus is on engaging a wide public in art, heritage, education, environmental and well-being programmes that reveal our rivers' rich natural environment, share their unique history, protect their sustainability, and celebrate the diverse connections they make for us with the wider world.

Latest Income: £482,064
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Impressions Gallery Of Photography Limited

Arts, Heritage

To further and advance photography as an art and to promote public knowledge, appreciation and understanding thereof.

Latest Income: £481,448
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Trust Limited

Heritage, Leisure

Operates a museum for the benefit of the general public and provides educational and research facilities

Latest Income: £477,938
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Ayscoughfee Hall And Gardens

Facilities, Heritage

Provision of a Museum and public gardens

Latest Income: £474,521
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Insole Court Trust/ymddiriedolaeth Cwrt Insole

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

The Charity's objectives are: to restore, preserve, and protect Insole Court and its gardens for the public benefit; to provide education in its conservation and history; and to benefit the residents of the community by providing community facilities for social welfare and recreation.

Latest Income: £472,675
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Heritage Trust Network

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Heritage

Heritage Trust Network is a membership organisation for charities, social enterprises, and community organisations that rescue, restore, reuse, and manage historic buildings, structures, and spaces for the benefit of their communities. We operate throughout the UK, providing advice, information, learning, networking opportunities and advocacy.

Latest Income: £472,513
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Tmc Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion, Social welfare

The relief of poverty particularly but not exclusively among persons of the Jewish faith in any part of the world.The advancement of the Jewish religion in any part of the world.The advancement of education of the public in any part of the world in the knowledge of the Jewish religion and Jewish history and culture.

Latest Income: £472,213
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Borneo Orangutan Survival UK

Environment, Heritage

Our mission is two-fold. First, we save orangutans in immediate danger through rescue, rehabilitation, and re-introduction to protected rainforests. Second, and equally important, we protect and restore their wild habitat by working alongside the native communities bordering them.

Latest Income: £471,243
Areas of Operation: Indonesia
Status: Registered
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Manchester Jewish Museum

Arts, Heritage, Religion

The museum preserves and promotes Manchester?s rich and diverse Jewish heritage. Its permanent gallery tells the story of the Jewish community from the 1740s to 1945.Formal and informal learning sessions are regularly held inside the museum as are exhibitions and events, helping to promote tolerance and understanding of Jewish faith, heritage and culture.

Latest Income: £470,887
Areas of Operation: Bury
Status: Registered
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Lancashire Bme Network

Beneficiary group, Heritage

Lancashire BME Pact and Lancashire Women's Network recently merged to form Lancashire BME Network. The founding organisations have a long history of partnership working and will be working to address needs and issues affecting BME communities.

Latest Income: £470,477
Areas of Operation: Blackburn With Darwen
Status: Registered
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The Whitaker Organisation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Heritage

Operation of the Whitaker museum and art gallery to advance the arts, culture and heritage in Rossendale and regionally. Programming a diverse exhibition programme and activities for early years, schools, families and the wider community, supporting individual artists with exhibition and commission opportunities and enabling public access and engagement with the Whitaker collection.

Latest Income: £470,407
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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New Forest Heritage Trust

Arts, Heritage

TO DESCRIBE AND ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF THE NEW FOREST THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH SERVICES AND A SPECIALIST REFERENCE LIBRARY. ALSO TO CONSERVE AND PROTECT THE CHARACTER AND AMENITIES OF THE NEW FOREST FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Latest Income: £469,702
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

1. Adavancement of education of the public 2. Relief of poverty3. Promotion and furtherance of education and research concerning history, geography, culture, arts, music, literature, language, industries and economy of Romania and Romanian people4. Publishing the results of any such research at the discretion of the Trustees5. Relief of Romanian refugees in the United Kingdom

Latest Income: £468,712
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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Henry Wood Hall Limited

Arts, Heritage

To provide a world class environment for the rehearsal and recording of classical music.To act as a venue for music based educational projects.To maintain Henry Wood Hall as a grade II listed building.

Latest Income: £466,361
Areas of Operation: Southwark
Status: Registered
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The Musical Museum

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

OPERATION OF A MUSEUM OF AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED ARCHIVES FOR THE GERERAL EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

Latest Income: £465,781
Areas of Operation: Hounslow
Status: Registered
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The Museum Of East Asian Art

Heritage

We are the only museum in the UK solely dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of East and Southeast Asian arts and cultures. We collect, preserve and exhibit artefacts from this region. We strive to be accessible to as wide an audience as possible through encouraging education, creativity, dialogue and research, and delivering a wide programme of rich learning and cultural experiences.

Latest Income: £464,934
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Belsay Trust

Economic and community development, Heritage

The activities of the company are farming and the renting out of property comprising the estate in order to generate income to maintain, preserve, restore, improve and develop those parts of the Belsay Estate in Northumberland which are of historical or architectural interest or of natural beauty, whether on their own or as a setting for Belsay Castle and Belsay Hall.

Latest Income: £462,691
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Charleston Lewes Limited

Education, Heritage

The focus of the new art galleries at Charleston Lewes will be to bring world class art to our local communities andwe will use other spaces in the building to support and develop the work of local artists and offer opportunitiesfor education and engagement with art to local schools, higher education, community groups and visitors.

Latest Income: £462,422
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Swanage Pier Trust

Heritage

The upkeep maintenance and servicing of the Swanage Pier as a Grade 2 listed building, for the benefit of the general public, of divers and boat owners.

Latest Income: £462,049
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Jewish Literary Foundation

Arts, Heritage, Religion

The aim of the Jewish Literary Foundation is to stimulate and encourage the reading of books on every aspect of Jewish thought, life, literature and history and culture.

Latest Income: £461,957
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Surrey Youth Focus

Beneficiary group, Heritage

To promote good practice and the efficiency and effectiveness of member organisations for the benefit of young people in Surrey, and by ensuring that young peoples' voices, concerns and issues are represented.We became a co. ltd by guarantee in 2011. Our 25 year history can be viewed under our old charity number 1093718

Latest Income: £460,608
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Museum Of Military Medicine Trust

Armed forces, Health, Heritage

Inform and encourage the engagement of the public and armed forces personnel, including members of the Army Medical Services (AMS), in the role of the AMS in pioneering medical developments and innovations, in particular those that have subsequently been adopted into civilian healthcare practice, to the benefit of the health and wellbeing of the British public at large and humankind in general.

Latest Income: £459,642
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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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.