The Leysdown Conservation Trust

Analysis

The Leysdown Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Leysdown Conservation Trust reported income of £52k and spending of £50k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £32k to £52k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Leysdown Conservation Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Be More Outdoors (£52k), Share Oxford CIO (£52k) and The St Mary Magdalen Oxford Restoration and Development Trust (£52k).