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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.

Nene Valley Archaeological Trust

Heritage

Publication of Excavations carried out on the Trust's behalf, both for the academic and general public's interest and knowledge.

Latest Income: £3,409
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Shelsleys Village Hall

Facilities, Heritage

General operation,maintenance and upkeep of the village hall for the benefit of the village community of the Shelsleys.

Latest Income: £3,396
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St Leonard's Eynsham Oxfordshire

Associations, Facilities, Heritage, Religion

The Charity's aim is to assist the PCC of St Leonard's Church, Eynsham with the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and restoration of the Church and of any monument, fitting, fixture, stained glass, organ or bell in the Church, but excluding the churchyard adjoining the Church.

Latest Income: £3,396
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Llandaff And Monmouth Diocesan Association Of Church Bell-Ringers, Bell Restoration Fund

Heritage, Religion

Offers financial assistance to churches in the Dioceses of Llandaff and Monmouth for the maintenance and improvement of bell installations

Latest Income: £3,395
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Saint Marys Gamlingay

Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

Provide funds to St.Mary's Gamlingay for the upkeep andd restoration of the church building

Latest Income: £3,381
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Godshill Womens Institute

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

Godshill WI holds monthly meetings, with speakers on a range of subjects: restoring china; life as a stunt artist; autosctica. We organise educational outings, hold fundraising events and take part in local community events.

Latest Income: £3,365
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Bath Stone Quarry Museum Trust

Heritage

custodian of historic and cultural artefacts

Latest Income: £3,356
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Sandown And District Historical Association

Heritage

Monthly meetings.Recording any changes in our area.Collecting historical pictures.

Latest Income: £3,354
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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Huntingdonshire Local History Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

The advancement of public education through the study of Local History in the former County of Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire.

Latest Income: £3,352
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Avon Local History And Archaeology

Charity and VCS support, Education, Heritage

Acts as an umbrella group to support and facilitate contact between groups and individuals interested in local history and archaeology. Publishes a quarterly Newsletter, booklets and an annual list of speakers and leaders of walks; organises an annual local history study day; organises volunteers; offers schools prizes and small grants for local history research; liaises with local authorities

Latest Income: £3,329
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Griffin Trust

Heritage

Static exhibition of historic vehicles and historic aircraft; providing restoration, repair and maintenance facilities and skills for historic aircraft and vehicles; holding events for the purposes of publicising the site of Hooton Park.

Latest Income: £3,327
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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The Lyme Regis Society

Heritage

The society works to safeguard and add to the natural and architectural beauty of Lyme Regis and to promote interest in the towns cultural life and history.

Latest Income: £3,326
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Throckmorton Village Charity

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure, Religion

The Charity runs the annual summer Fete, which helps to get people together in the surrounding areas of Pershore, Evesham, Tilesford. The Charity runs Quiz evenings in the Village Hall, also supports local activities such as Pilates classes, also organise young musicians to perform concerts in Throckmorton 13th century Church.

Latest Income: £3,308
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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South Essex Building Preservation Trust

Heritage

To preserve for the benefit of the people of South Essex and the nation, the historical, architectural and constructional heritage that may exist in and around South Essex in buildings (including any structure or erection, and any part of a building as so defined) of particular beauty or historical, architectural or constructional interest.

Latest Income: £3,300
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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British Society For The History Of Radiology

Arts, Heritage, Research

Education, training and research in to the History of Radiology mainly in the UK.Annual LectureRegular scientific journal publicationParticipation in conferencesOperation of a web site

Latest Income: £3,297
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Barton-On-Humber Civic Society

Economic and community development, Heritage

Research and education about local heritage and preservation of the built heritage of Barton upon Humber. The society develops archives and interprets local history through a series of information leaflets, building plaques, lecture and talks.

Latest Income: £3,277
Areas of Operation: North Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The St Nicholas Church Norton Preservation Trust

Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Religion

The trust ensures that St. Nicholas Church, an early 12th century building, is kept in a good state of repair, internally and externally. Fund raising takes place and donations are received to assist in the restoration. The trustees continually assess the building.

Latest Income: £3,274
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Sheringham Museum Trust

Heritage

To preserve unique collection of lifeboats, fishing boats, artefacts and displays of local history

Latest Income: £3,274
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Burton Upon Trent Civic Society

Economic and community development, Heritage

To encourage high standards of architecture and town planning in Burton upon Trent. To stimulate public interest in and care for the beauty, history and character of the town and its surroundings. To encourage the preservation, development, improvement and beautification of features of general public amenity or historical interest.

Latest Income: £3,269
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Lewisham Local History Society

Heritage

Advancement of education in local history with particular reference to the London Borough of Lewisham

Latest Income: £3,254
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Willis Museum

Arts, Associations, Heritage

The 'Friends' was founded to promote, support, assist and improve The Willis Museum. We also support members & non members with local projects such as a book of local history or like interest. We have resources facilities for our members and museum staff, a collection of local maps, photographs & oral tapes of peoples memories.

Latest Income: £3,253
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Solihull Archaeological Group

Heritage, Research

Promote the study of world wide archaeology, local history and the related arts and sciences in Solihull area through lectures, visits and excavations.

Latest Income: £3,244
Areas of Operation: Solihull
Status: Registered
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William Higford's Charity

Heritage

Repairs and maintenance of St. Margarets Alderton.

Latest Income: £3,227
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Much Dewchurch Memorial Hall

Facilities, Heritage

This charity organisations main priority, is for the maintenance and upkeep of the village hall at Much Dewchurch and is used by most of the residents in the surrounding area, for all types of functions.

Latest Income: £3,227
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The International Trust For Croatian Monuments Limited

Charity and VCS support, Heritage

The charity's objective and its principal activity continues to be that of raising funds in order to rescue and restore monuments and works of art throughout the country of Croatia.

Latest Income: £3,212
Areas of Operation: Croatia
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.