CPRE Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester

Analysis

CPRE Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, CPRE Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester reported income of £107k and spending of £68k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £62k to £107k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 192%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, CPRE Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sayers Croft Environmental Educational Trust (£107k), Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group (£107k) and Peak District and South Yorkshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£107k).