Hobson's Conduit Trust

Analysis

Hobson's Conduit Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hobson's Conduit Trust reported income of £59k and spending of £130k, spending 222% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £46k to £59k (+26%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 194%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Hobson's Conduit Trust sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Living Vital (£58k), CPRE Rutland and Lincolnshire (£59k) and North Wessex Downs Landscape Trust (£58k).