Papplewick Pumping Station Trust

Analysis

Papplewick Pumping Station Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04698758). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Papplewick Pumping Station Trust reported income of £246k and spending of £232k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £122k to £246k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Papplewick Pumping Station Trust 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 The Carbon Community (£246k), The Pennoyer Centre (£247k) and Campaign to Protect Rural England, London (£246k).