Cumbria Gardens Trust

Analysis

Cumbria Gardens Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Windermere. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cumbria Gardens Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5,960 to £12k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cumbria Gardens Trust sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harrow Heritage Trust (£12k), The Downton Moot Preservation Trust Limited (£12k) and Friends of Mortimer Forest Limited (£12k).