Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust

Analysis

Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04282827). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust reported income of £470k and spending of £652k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £257k to £470k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rame Conservation Trust (£468k), Heritage Trust Network (£473k) and The Bardsey Island Trust Limited (£467k).