Cumbria Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture

Analysis

Cumbria Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Cumbria Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture reported income of £212k and spending of £210k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £161k to £212k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Cumbria Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Catcuddles Sanctuary (£211k), Save Our Spaniels (£213k) and The Garstang and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society Limited (£211k).