Thanet Countryside Trust Fund

Analysis

Thanet Countryside Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Thanet Countryside Trust Fund reported income of £195k and spending of £214k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £59k to £195k (+231%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Thanet Countryside Trust Fund 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maritime Volunteer Service (£195k), Shared Earth Trust (£195k) and Bournemouth Aviation Charitable Foundation (£194k).