Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIO

Analysis

Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Uckfield. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIO reported income of £118k and spending of £165k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £80k to £118k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Campaign to Protect Rural England, Sussex Branch CIO sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clan Trust Limited (£118k), Watlington House Trust (£119k) and Dean Forest Locomotive Group (£117k).