Natural Cambridgeshire

Analysis

Natural Cambridgeshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in January 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Natural Cambridgeshire reported income of £663k and spending of £246k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £61k to £663k (+988%), an average of +122% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 539%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Natural Cambridgeshire sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings (£662k), The Travel Foundation (£668k) and The Combustion Engineering Association (£661k).

Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £98k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.