Chester Civic Trust

Analysis

Chester Civic Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in March 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chester Civic Trust reported income of £64k and spending of £24k, leaving 63% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £64k (+196%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 116%. 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, Chester Civic Trust sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manhood Wildlife and Heritage (£64k), Campaign to Protect Rural England - Dorset Branch (£64k) and The Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (£63k).