CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 278861 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£2.7m

Latest spending

£2.7m

Registered

1979

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.7m

Total spending

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Dr DAVID JAMES SHAWchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW CORBY LLB,LLM
BRIGADIER MARTIN JOHN MEARDON · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher John Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Eleanor Frances Williams
Nigel Aman Fletcher-Jones · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.7m	£2.7m
31/03/2024	£3.0m	£2.8m
31/03/2023	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/03/2022	£2.6m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£1.8m	£1.8m

Common questions

Who funds CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CANTERBURY ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST, MARC FITCH FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE ROGER DE HAAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
MARC FITCH FUND	FY2023	£9k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	01/08/2023	£226k	"Facing the Cliff: The Race to Uncover and Share the Folkestone Villa at East Wear Bay"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/12/2022	£47k	"Canterbury Archaeological Trust Organisational Resilience and Audience Development Strategy"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/07/2020	£10k	"COVID19: Canterbury Archaeological Trust"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/11/2004	£13k	"CAT Kits: Hands-on Heritage For Schools and Community Groups"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	27/02/2002	£46k	"Archaeological Access for All, Canterbury"