Rame Conservation Trust

Analysis

Rame Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torpoint. It was registered in November 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03440492). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rame Conservation Trust reported income of £468k and spending of £534k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £282k to £468k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 217%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rame Conservation Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bardsey Island Trust Limited (£467k), Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust (£470k) and Earthworks Trust Limited (£467k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.