Lower Ure Conservation Trust

Analysis

Lower Ure Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ripon. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03387973). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Lower Ure Conservation Trust reported income of £157k and spending of £171k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £173k to £157k (-9.4%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Lower Ure Conservation Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Cymru / Cymru Wyllt (£157k), Norfolk Historic Buildings Trust (£157k) and The Friends of Holy Trinity Rayleigh (£157k).

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.