The Woolley Firs Conservation Trust

Analysis

The Woolley Firs Conservation Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Royston. It was registered in February 1984, 42 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 April 2025, The Woolley Firs Conservation Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £16k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £23k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Woolley Firs Conservation Trust 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 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moseley in Bloom (£23k), Quy Poor's or Common Fen (£23k) and Lord Barnard's Staindrop Church Fund (£23k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.