The Avon and Bristol Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England

Analysis

The Avon and Bristol Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Avon and Bristol Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England reported income of £77k and spending of £93k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £77k (+403%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 229%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Avon and Bristol Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Orchard Trust (£77k), Surrey Churches Preservation Trust (£77k) and Tockwith and District Agricultural Society Limited (£77k).