The Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England

Analysis

The Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 2002, 24 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 04335730). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England reported income of £232k and spending of £317k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £181k to £232k (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Kent Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England 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 Middleton Plus Development Trust (£232k), Saiga Conservation Alliance (£234k) and The Harold Lapworth Charitable Trust (£231k).

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.