Lincolnshire Proficiency Test Committee

Analysis

Lincolnshire Proficiency Test Committee is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Boston Lincolnshire. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lincolnshire Proficiency Test Committee reported income of £114k and spending of £115k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £75k to £114k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 66%. 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, Lincolnshire Proficiency Test Committee sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blundellsands Park Trust (£114k), Manchester Cathedral Development Trust (£114k) and Island Conservation Society UK (£113k).