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Heritage Charities

Discover 2,701 Heritage charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,701
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.

Brancepeth Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

Garden Club; Flower Guild; Snooker Club;Cinema Club; Youth Club; Tai Chi exercise class; PIYO class; Badminton Club; Archive & History Group; Yoga; Choir; Art Class; Knit & Natter; Coffee Morning; Jazz Night; Progressive Supper; Christmas Show; Quiz Night; Sunday Lunch club: etc.

Latest Income: £18,246
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Watchet Market House Museum Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

The objects of the society (as set out in the trust deed) shall be to provide and maintain a museum in Watchet for the benefit of the education of the public and to encourage the study of matters of local history of Watchet and district.

Latest Income: £18,241
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Bramshott And Liphook Heritage Society

Heritage

Historical research, local and county-wide; local archive collection; sponsor meetings, events, visits to local places/sites of special interest and talks from related learned individuals and groups;

Latest Income: £18,210
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Harriett Guy And Cowes War Memorial Convalescent Home Fund

Beneficiary group, Health, Heritage, Housing

Assisting Isle of Wight sick children with travel costs when they have to visit mainland hospitals for treatment. Also to help purchase equipment for sick Isle of Wight children that cannot be supplied by the National Health Service.

Latest Income: £18,186
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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St Mary's Burwell Preservation Trust

Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Religion

Raises funds to finance the preservation repair, maintenance, improvement upkeep, beautification and restoration of St Marys Burwell Church and contents.

Latest Income: £18,182
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Lancashire Family History And Heraldry Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

(a) to advance the education of the public in the study of genealogy, heraldry and family history.(b) to locate, publish and make accessible relevant documents and records.(c) to promote the preservation of such documents and records, particularly by transcription of original sources(d) to operate its own information service and build up a library

Latest Income: £18,180
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Mohamed Ali Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

Advance the education of the public in the history of the Islamic World, of Egypt and of the Mohamed Ali family in particular.Maintain and preserve an archive of historical interest.Sponsor and assist in the study of the period of the reign of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II including an authoritative biography of the Khedive.Assist impecunious members of the Mohamed Ali Family.

Latest Income: £18,153
Areas of Operation: Egypt
Status: Registered
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The Arts Society Samlesbury

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

To further general & specific education and interest in the arts by lectures and special interest days and by visits. Arts Volunteering: the society provides finance to encourage participation in art projects. Heritage Volunteers: provide help at local museums to maintain the artefacts. Trails of Discovery: create trails for children to use in local churches,

Latest Income: £18,122
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Gloucestershire Society For Industrial Archaeology

Charitable activities, Heritage

The objects of the Charity are to encourage, promote and engage in the advancement of public education and in the preservation and conservation of relevant records, structures and objects, relating to industrial archaeology and history, particularly in the County of Gloucestershire.

Latest Income: £18,082
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Finchcocks Charity LTD

Arts, Heritage

To develop the resources of the Finchcocks Musical Museum by the promotion of musical education.

Latest Income: £18,030
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The East Surrey Museum

Education, Heritage

The museum provides collections of objects and records illustrating the area, for examination and research by members of the public. It provides visits for and to schools for educational purposes and visits to organisations within the area to further knowledge of their district and its surroundings. The museum liaises with other museums and organisations within the County of Surrey.

Latest Income: £18,014
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Southend Pier Museum Foundation Trust Limited

Heritage

Maintain for the public benefit a museum for the acquisition, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of material evidence and associated information relating primarily to Southend pier and its history

Latest Income: £17,957
Areas of Operation: Southend-on-sea
Status: Registered
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Newton War Memorial Playing Fields

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

To provide a recreation area for local sports clubs/teams to participate in sports activities. To provide play equipment for the local children and a venue for community events such as the village carnival, and bonfire.

Latest Income: £17,949
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Dartmoor Sheep Breeders Association

Heritage

Development & promotion of understanding of the Dartmoor Greyface breed of sheep, breed development and improvement, development of the place of the breed in the national sheep flock and recording the history of the breed.

Latest Income: £17,918
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Wotton-Under-Edge Historical Society

Heritage

HERITAGE CENTRE/MUSEUM AND VISITOR INFORMATION

Latest Income: £17,916
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Sawbridgeworth Ecclesiastical Charity

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

MAKING GRANTS TO SAWBRIDGEWORTH AND HIGH WYCH PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCILS TOWARDS THE COST OF INSURANCE, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CHURCH AND CHURCHYARDS OF THOSE PARISHES FOR WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE.

Latest Income: £17,899
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Heyshott Cobden Hall Charity

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Heritage

The activities of the charity include the monthly lunch club for older people, support for the Heyshott Pre-School held in the hall on three days each week in term-time and acting as a focal point for village meetings and activities. Overnight accommodation is provided for walking groups and girl guides. The charity maintains three cottages and has an annual maintenance and repair programme for it

Latest Income: £17,893
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Village Hall Tivetshall

Associations, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

Tivetshall Village Hall is hired out for meetings, functions, private parties, scout groups, sports and fitness clubs, and other similar activities. The trustees operate a pop-up community cafe twice a month.The Village Hall Management Committee and its trustees are responsible for the day-to-day running, maintenance and upkeep of the Hall.

Latest Income: £17,866
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Coastal Forces Heritage Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

The advancement of the education of the public in the history of Coastal Forces by the restoration, preservation and permanent display, for public benefit, of Coastal Forces craft, together with relevant artefacts, records and memorabilia relating to such craft.In furtherance of these activities the Charity supports Coastal Forces veterans and historic craft.

Latest Income: £17,840
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Norwegian Locomotive Trust

Heritage

Ownership and management of ex-norwegian state railway steam locomotive no 376. After 11 years of regular running on the Kent & East Sussex Railway the locomotive is now into its five year of overhaul, in part funded by this charity.

Latest Income: £17,836
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Towersey War Memorial Institute

Facilities, Heritage

Maintenance of a community building

Latest Income: £17,827
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Aldbourn War Memorial Hall

Facilities, Heritage

To ensure that the hall is properly maintained and run for the benefit of all those wishing to use the premises for social and educational means

Latest Income: £17,821
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Cyfeillion Cadw Tremadog

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

Acquire, repair, and sell or let historic buildings in and around Tremadog as a means of preserving their architectural and historical interest.Inter alia:Publish books, hold exhibitions, arrange visits, undertake research;Raise funds by subscription, donation, grant, loan or otherwise; Accept gifts;Employ staff, apply for statutory consents, enter contracts; Support other like trusts

Latest Income: £17,749
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St James' Church, Weybridge, In The Borough Of Elmbridge, Surrey

Associations, Heritage, Religion

The purpose of the charity is to assist in maintaining, preserving, repairing and restoring St. James' Church, Weybridge, Surrey and its furniture, fittings, ornaments and fabric.

Latest Income: £17,712
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Palatine Estate Charity

Heritage, Religion

The purpose of the charity is to maintain and keep in repair the parish church of St. Mary, Stoke Newington and to pay ?500 each to the parish churches of St. Andrew and St Mathias, Stoke Newington for maintenance and repair.

Latest Income: £17,685
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many heritage charities are there in the UK?

There are 2,701 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 £2.7bn 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 100.0%. 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 £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.