Tamar Protection Society

Analysis

Tamar Protection Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03789935). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tamar Protection Society reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £42k to £11k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Tamar Protection Society sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fulford Scout Group (£11k), The English Goethe Society (1886-) (£11k) and The Arts Society Salisbury (£11k).

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.