The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire Branch

Analysis

The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire Branch reported income of £15k and spending of £44k, spending 292% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £79k to £15k (-81%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Campaign to Protect Rural England, Berkshire Branch sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Mary's Westerham Heritage Trust (£15k), The Friends of St Mary's Herriard (£15k) and Brentwood Assize House (£15k).

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.