The Green Backyard

Analysis

The Green Backyard is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in January 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Green Backyard reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £21k to £16k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 153% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Green Backyard sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Nyika-Vwaza (UK) Trust (£16k), The Friends of St Peter's Church (£16k) and Oxford Civic Society (£16k).