Northumbria in Bloom

Analysis

Northumbria in Bloom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Corbridge. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Northumbria in Bloom reported income of £22k and spending of £9,962, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,232 to £22k (+571%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Northumbria in Bloom sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of All Saints Church, Shillington (£22k), The Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society (£22k) and The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England (£22k).