Landscape Research Group

Analysis

Landscape Research Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Landscape Research Group reported income of £165k and spending of £146k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £115k to £165k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Landscape Research Group sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers Charitable Trust 1977 (£164k), The International Society for Trenchless Technology (£165k) and The Brighton West Pier Trust (£164k).