The Countryside Education Trust

Analysis

The Countryside Education Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Countryside Education Trust reported income of £529k and spending of £590k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £358k to £529k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Countryside Education Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Regenerate-Rise (£529k), Anjuman-E-Saifee (Leicester) (£529k) and Datus Enabling Recovery (£528k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, charitable activities 29% and trading 13%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.1%. Reserves of £37k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 15 people.