Hayle Park Nature Reserve

Analysis

Hayle Park Nature Reserve is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hayle Park Nature Reserve reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,170 to £12k (+449%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 169%. Over the whole period it spent 375% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Hayle Park Nature Reserve sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Ide School (£12k), The Bromsgrove Society (£12k) and The Downton Moot Preservation Trust Limited (£12k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.