Great Ouse Valley Trust

Analysis

Great Ouse Valley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in September 2018, 8 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 advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Great Ouse Valley Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £16k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Great Ouse Valley Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carew Cheriton Control Tower Group (£16k), The Friends of Ham Hill (£16k) and New Earswick Nature Reserve (£16k).