Curwen Trust for the Archives Service

Analysis

Curwen Trust for the Archives Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Curwen Trust for the Archives Service reported income of £22k and spending of £1,500, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £519 to £22k (+4060%), an average of +154% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1228%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Curwen Trust for the Archives Service 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 Centre for Conscious Awareness (£21k), The Cambridgeshireand Peterborough branch of the campaign to protect rural England (£22k) and The Hackfall Trust (£21k).