Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust

Analysis

Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04943428). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust reported income of £819k and spending of £842k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £517k to £819k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Verification Research Training and Information Centre ( Vertic ) (£818k), Clervaux Trust Ltd (£831k) and Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust Limited (£818k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90% and charitable activities 9.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £66k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £360k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.