The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England

Analysis

The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in January 1966, 60 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 March 2025, The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,689 to £22k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Curwen Trust for the Archives Service (£22k), Friends of All Saints Church, Shillington (£22k) and Centre for Conscious Awareness (£21k).