Processors and Growers Research Organisation

Analysis

Processors and Growers Research Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00567232). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Processors and Growers Research Organisation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Processors and Growers Research Organisation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments (£1.5m), The Gardeners' House - Penzance (£1.6m) and The Allerton Research and Educational Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63% and investments 5.7%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 25%. It employed 19 people.