The Congelow Organic Educational Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Congelow Organic Educational Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Congelow Organic Educational Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £39k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £902k to £27k (-97%), an average of -58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 247%. Over the whole period it spent 10% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Congelow Organic Educational Charitable Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Vintage Bus Group (£27k), National Piers Society Ltd (£27k) and East Somerset Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (Ltd) (£27k).