The Letcombe Brook Project
Analysis
The Letcombe Brook Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in March 2017, 9 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 sponsors or undertakes research.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Letcombe Brook Project reported income of £61k and spending of £42k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £111k to £61k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.
Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Letcombe Brook Project 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 Battersea Park (£61k), The Friends of Richmond Park (£61k) and The Museum of the Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Collection) (£61k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The Letcombe Brook Project provides environmental management of the Letcombe Brook Corridor to maintain and enhance ecological diversity, minimise flooding and pollution and develop the Corridor as a green community resource. The Project obtains funding from the adjacent Local Authorities and contracts a Project Officer supported by Volunteers to implement the Trusts Objectives.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Friends of Battersea Park | London | £61k |
| The Friends of Richmond Park | London | £61k |
| The Museum of the Mercian Regiment (Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Collection) | Nottinghamshire | £61k |
| John Jones | Gloucestershire | £61k |