Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited

Analysis

Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in June 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03386853). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited reported income of £942k and spending of £1.4m, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £942k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Charitable Fund and Related Charities (£941k), Firthmoor and District Community Association (£942k) and The Ashmore Foundation (£941k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 4.8%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £378k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.