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Cumbria County History Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1137379CumbriaEnvironment and conservation
Income£62k2025-09-30
Spending£28ksame year
Spent / received93%5-year average
Size in its cause73rd pctEnvironment and conservation
Registered2010Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Cumbria County History Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in August 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Cumbria County History Trust reported income of £62k and spending of £28k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £13k to £62k (+365%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 440%. 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, Cumbria County History Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Mary the Virgin, Baldock (£62k), Swans Trust (Shaftesbury) (£62k) and Future Earth Lab (£62k).

Income and spending

£0£15k£31k£46k£62k2021 Income: £13,2872021 Spending: £20,06420212022 Income: £19,6082022 Spending: £34,04720222023 Income: £18,5712023 Spending: £18,83420232024 Income: £11,4302024 Spending: £14,33620242025 Income: £61,7332025 Spending: £28,2082025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

To coordinate and gather resources for the Victoria County History of Cumbria project, a collaborative community project created to research and write the histories of all parts of Cumbria, and to make historical information generally available, within the framework and standards of the Victoria County History of England.

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