Madley Environmental Study Centre (Mesc)

Analysis

Madley Environmental Study Centre (Mesc) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herefordshire. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Madley Environmental Study Centre (Mesc) reported income of £52k and spending of £45k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £65k to £52k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Madley Environmental Study Centre (Mesc) sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Share Oxford CIO (£52k), Langdyke Countryside Trust (£52k) and The Leysdown Conservation Trust (£52k).