Peterborough Environment City Trust

Analysis

Peterborough Environment City Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in July 1993, 33 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 company (Companies House number 02834975). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Peterborough Environment City Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.1m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.6m (+133%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Peterborough Environment City Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Earth Trust (£2.6m), Sangha Tri-National Trust Fund Limited (£2.6m) and Bioregional Development Group (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, trading 41%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.8%. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 36%. Reserves of £2.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.