Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group

Analysis

Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in June 2019, 7 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 makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group reported income of £107k and spending of £75k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £56k to £107k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of the Lower Derwent Valley Conservation Group sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CPRE Lancashire, Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester (£107k), North Southwark Environment Trust (£108k) and The Sayers Croft Environmental Educational Trust (£107k).