UNITED KINGDOM ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £37,712 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income of £1,645,353 and total expenditure of £1,689,840. Per the trustees' report, free reserves held were £871,658, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of twelve months' operating costs. The charity remains a going concern, supported by investment assets valued at £391,564 and a trading subsidiary that generated significant turnover.
What the accounts disclose
“the Trustees aspire to keep twelve months’ operating costs and commitments as free reserves”
“UKAHT also operates a subsidiary trading company, Antarctic Heritage Limited (AHL), which was incorporated on 12 May 2005”
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/05/2015)
Trustees
- Dr Paula Kim Crosbiechair
- Clive Sanders
- Dr Claire Louise Warrior
- Hugh Giles Keyworth Broughton
- Jamie Thorp Anderson
- Jane Arthur
- Nighat Mehmuda Mian
- ROBERT KIDBY
- Sumit Paul-Choudhury
- Thomas Knox Wright
- Victoria Snowden
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/04/2025 | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| 30/04/2024 | £551k | £698k |
| 30/04/2023 | £475k | £517k |
| 30/04/2022 | £777k | £564k |
| 30/04/2021 | £686k | £537k |
Common questions
Is UNITED KINGDOM ANTARCTIC HERITAGE TRUST financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £37,712 for the year ended 30 April 2025, with total income of £1,645,353 and total expenditure of £1,689,840. Per the trustees' report, free reserves held were £871,658, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet their policy target of twelve months' operating costs. The charity remains a going concern, supported by investment assets valued at £391,564 and a trading subsidiary that generated significant turnover. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 12/12/2022 | £17k | "Explore: Finding a future: safeguarding 20th-century heritage through its workforce" |