The Lune Rivers Trust

Analysis

The Lune Rivers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carnforth. It was registered in January 2009, 17 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 06489777). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lune Rivers Trust reported income of £490k and spending of £467k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £485k to £490k (+1.1%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Lune Rivers Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Severn Gorge Countryside Trust (£489k), Rewriting Earth (£492k) and Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland (£487k).