The Cheshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England

Analysis

The Cheshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlewich. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Cheshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England reported income of £53k and spending of £15k, leaving 72% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £53k (+218%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Cheshire Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England 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 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cambridgeshire Beekeepers' Association (£53k), The Alde & Ore Estuary Trust (£53k) and Trenance Cottages Newquay (£53k).