WCMC

Analysis

WCMC is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in January 1989, 37 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 02330031). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, WCMC reported income of £17.1m and spending of £18.9m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16.4m to £17.1m (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, WCMC sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Climate Change Organisation (£16.8m), Burghley House Preservation Trust Limited (£17.7m) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (£16.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 239 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.