Menston Area Nature Trust

Analysis

Menston Area Nature Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkley. It was registered in August 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Menston Area Nature Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £20k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2025, income grew from £2,084 to £22k (+933%), an average of +118% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 8018%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Menston Area Nature Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Sabre (£22k), Born on the Edge (£22k) and Friends of Woodlands School (£22k).