West Cumbria Rivers Trust Limited

Analysis

West Cumbria Rivers Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keswick. It was registered in June 2011, 15 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 07019413). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Cumbria Rivers Trust Limited reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.6m to £2.5m (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, West Cumbria Rivers Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Landscape Institute (£2.4m), Consumers International (£2.5m) and LA Fondation Des Savanes Ouest-Africaines (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £217k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.