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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.

The Friends Of Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

Raise funds to be appropriated to Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Museums.

Latest Income: £6,734
Areas of Operation: Wolverhampton
Status: Registered
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The Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Trust

Heritage

Preservation, Operation and display of Narrow Gauge Railway Locomotives and Equipment.

Latest Income: £6,724
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Brighouse War Memorial (nurses' Endowment) Fund

Health, Heritage, Professions

To provide financial assistance to people in need who reside in the former Borough of Brighouse

Latest Income: £6,696
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Staffordshire Archaeological And Historical Society

Heritage

Study, investigation, description and preservation of antiquities and historical/archaeological records and heritage, in particular in Staffordshire, and wider, for the education, interest and benefit of the public. By encouraging research, fieldwork, excavation and promoting preservation, and publishing the results. Also arranging meetings, lectures, excursions and visits.

Latest Income: £6,696
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Clun Town Trust

Arts, Economic and community development, Heritage

Collect, preserve and display artefacts pertaining to all facets of life in the Clun Forest Area from archaeological finds through to agricultural and manufacturing and products; domestic items, local crafts up to and including the 1950's. Conserve and display Elizabethan Silver Maces and Town Seal of Clun.

Latest Income: £6,684
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Sussex Regiment Museum Trust

Armed forces, Heritage

PURCHASE OF ARTEFACTS RELATING TO THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENTMAINTAIN EXHIBITION OF REGIMENTAL ARTEFACTS AND PUBLIC/EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAMME RELATING TO REGIMENTAL HISTORY AND INDIVIDUALS

Latest Income: £6,672
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cotswold Vale Talking Newspaper

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Health, Heritage

We record, onto CDs or memory sticks, audio versions of our local newspaper The Gazette and other local interest recordings and distribute them in the surrounding district to blind or partially sighted listeners and those whose incapacity makes reading a strain. We also produce quarterly magazine recordings and are starting to produce local audio history recordings too. Run by volunteers

Latest Income: £6,667
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Historic Essex

Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage

To support the work of the Essex Record Office. The promotion of the education of the public in the history of the County of Essex as constituted in 1954, including those London Boroughs which were formerly within Essex. To publish or assist in the publication of material relating to the history of Essex.

Latest Income: £6,657
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Essex Police Museum

Education, Heritage, Saving of lives

Education/Training. The museum is established to show how the Essex Police developed from its inception since 1840 until the present time. This is provided by access to the collection by the public when the museum is open and also by special arrangement. Education via the school curriculum.

Latest Income: £6,653
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Spelsbury War Memorial Hall And Fountain

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Heritage

Managing all aspects of running and maintaining Spelsbury Memorial Hall and Fountain including raising funds for their upkeep. Managing these premises for the benefit of the residents of Spelsbury Parish, covering Dean, Ditchley, Spelsbury and Taston.

Latest Income: £6,638
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Blackpool Civic Trust

Economic and community development, Heritage, Society

Our objectives and aims are to stimulate a sense of civic pride, to promote high standards of planning and architecture and to secure the preservation, protection and improvement of features of historical or public interest.

Latest Income: £6,627
Areas of Operation: Blackpool
Status: Registered
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South Molton University Of The Third Age

Arts, Education, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

Meetings to carry out informal learning activities e.g. local history Art History also Physical activities e.g. Walking Croquet and social contacts e.g. monthly Coffee Mornings with Speaker And Sunday Lunch goup. We also arrange trips to the theatre and gardens.

Latest Income: £6,620
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Record Society Of Lancashire And Cheshire

Heritage

Transcription and publication of original documents relating to the history of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire

Latest Income: £6,603
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Moseley Society

Facilities, Heritage

As the registered amenity society for Moseley, we have a membership of local people. We monitor planning and licensing applications; have an active local history group; organise a programme of meetings and activities; publish information about the area; we have restored three listed buildings in the area and open them to the public free of charge and we have created an 18th century style garden.

Latest Income: £6,592
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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War Memorial Institute

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES,PARTIES WEDDINGS ETC.

Latest Income: £6,589
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Harrogate And District Naturalists' Society

Environment, Heritage

To promote the study and enjoyment of all wildlife and to disseminate the knowledge of natural history. Between October and March a fortnightly series of illustrated lectures is arranged Field meetings are held regularly in the Summer. Group recorders for the various orders collate and verify records. Annual reports are issued. The society manages a location for the benefit of wildlife

Latest Income: £6,572
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Barwic Parade County Primary School Fund

Education, Heritage

To help with pupil visits, coach hire and entry to museums etc. and extending curriculum activities.

Latest Income: £6,558
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum Trust

Heritage, Leisure

Museum celebrating the Barge Building and Brick making heritage of Sittingbourne in a newly built replica of a Victorian Sail loft on the historic Milton Creek.

Latest Income: £6,555
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Lostwithiel Museum Association

Heritage

Museum presenting local social history-artifacts & reference section. Fully accredited. Guided walks during the summer months.

Latest Income: £6,552
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Whittlesea Museum Trust

Economic and community development, Heritage

A small social history museum displaying :-Agricultural toolsBrickyard information and a collection of bricksCostumesArchaeologyToysHistory of local hero Sir Harry SmithA none working forgeChurch records/census and informationBooksLarge collection of photos

Latest Income: £6,541
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Upper Nene Archaeological Society

Heritage

The society has been excavating a Roman villa in Northamptonshire for the past 38 years. It publishes on a regular basis. It also owns & manages a museum, interpreting & displaying the results of excavation & runs a museum education service.

Latest Income: £6,541
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Architectural And Archaeological Society Of Durham And Northumberland

Arts, Heritage

The society organises a programme of lectures, field trips and fieldwork. It publishes Durham Archaeological Journal and a series of research reports, and promotes the protection and appreciation of the historic environment.

Latest Income: £6,536
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Harting War Memorial Playing Field

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure, Religion

provision of outdoor sport activities for the Hartings and surrounding places.provision of a pavilion for servicesoccasional erection of tent for horticultural society show and church servicewithin the parish of south harting

Latest Income: £6,514
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Sedgwick Village Hall

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure, Religion

Fundraising-recent sale and coffee morning to complement grant from Big Lottery Fund for new furnitureStrawberry/Tea afternoon and History walkBrownies Guides and RainbowsCubs, Scouts, Beavers Art,history society,badminton,sedgwick parish council,crosscrake church,W.I, U3A, creative embroideryToddlers

Latest Income: £6,494
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Stephen Henry Christy For Reading Room, Caretaker's Cottage And Nurses Home

Health, Heritage, Housing, Professions

The upkeep and maintenance of the reading room and attached cottage - rented out.

Latest Income: £6,480
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
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.