CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST

Registered charity 1116099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust promotes the rich heritage and culture of Castleford through festivals, exhibitions, education projects and events. It also works in partnership with other organisations and the local authority to deliver major regeneration projects.

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Latest income
£247k
Latest spending
£420k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £172,504, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £469,021 and restricted reserves of £158,198. The trustees report that unrestricted net current assets were £22,474 and are confident that long-term liabilities will be covered by rental income. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' normal annual operational expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months normal annual operational expenditure (held: £469k)
The trustees propose to maintain the charity’s unrestricted reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to six months normal annual operational expenditure — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£548k
Total spending
£354k
Reserves (reported)
£6k
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£247k£420k
31/03/2024£548k£354k
31/03/2023£270k£196k
31/03/2022£222k£169k
31/03/2021£220k£124k

Common questions

Is CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £172,504, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £469,021 and restricted reserves of £158,198. The trustees report that unrestricted net current assets were £22,474 and are confident that long-term liabilities will be covered by rental income. The charity maintains a reserves policy target of six months' normal annual operational expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2022£233kThe Castleford Together Project
The National Lottery Community Fund04/10/2018£10kSocial Wellbeing in Castleford
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/04/2007£10k"This Organisation Promotes Local History. An Award Will Enable Them To Run A Week Long Community Heritage And Arts Festival In The Town. T"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ABBEYDALE AND MILLHOUSES1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Cultura Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CASTLEFORD HERITAGE TRUST£247k0unclearno doubt
Cultura Trust FY2025£267k0aboveno doubt
PEMBROKE CASTLE TRUST FY2025£1.5m0aboveno doubt
MANOR AND CASTLE DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£2.6m0aboveno doubt
BRYMBO HERITAGE TRUST FY2024£1.5m0belowno doubt
RICHMONDSHIRE BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST LTD FY2025£2.2m0aboveno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.