The Baywind Energy Community Trust

Analysis

The Baywind Energy Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barrow-In-Furness. It was registered in October 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Baywind Energy Community Trust reported income of £177k and spending of £176k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £29k to £177k (+501%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Baywind Energy Community Trust sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardigan Building Preservation Trust (£177k), The Kilroot Foundation (£178k) and Brian D Newman Foundation for the Environment (£177k).