Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (Ydcw)

Analysis

Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (Ydcw) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Powys. It was registered in January 1965, 61 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, Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (Ydcw) reported income of £210k and spending of £205k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £92k to £210k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (Ydcw) sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include European Nature Trust (£209k), Wild Team Conservation (£210k) and Sudbury Common Lands Charity (£206k).