The Allerton Research and Educational Trust

Analysis

The Allerton Research and Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fordingbridge. It was registered in May 1992, 34 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 sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Allerton Research and Educational Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.4m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.5m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Allerton Research and Educational Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Spitfire Project (£1.5m), Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (£1.5m) and The Countryside Regeneration Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 11%, investments 6.4% and trading 4.6%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.