Middleton Plus Development Trust

Analysis

Middleton Plus Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnard Castle. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 03520711). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Middleton Plus Development Trust reported income of £232k and spending of £243k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £29k to £232k (+701%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 2294%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Middleton Plus Development Trust sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harold Lapworth Charitable Trust (£231k), The Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£232k) and Share and Repair (£230k).

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.