Overall GiG Score: 13 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND 

TO CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 22 years

www.cpre.org.uk

info@cpre.org.uk

02079812805

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£5,051£4,202£849£662£4,466£3,97411.34612
31/12/21£3,311£5,764£-2,453£1,343£3,632£3,1876.65924
31/12/20£4,352£5,145£-793£923£6,039£5,56813554
31/12/19£3,528£5,552£-2,024£1,158£6,740£6,26713.55074
31/12/18£4,087£4,515£-428£1,193£8,350£7,88521452
31/12/17£3,404£3,759£-355£702£8,748£8,28726.5390
31/12/16£6,624£3,205£3,419£611£8,864£8,33131.2380
31/12/15£3,666£3,108£558£751£5,042£4,53017.5380
31/12/14£4,035£3,049£986£1,208£3,960£3,64914.4350
31/12/13£4,172£3,224£948£1,204£2,896£2,6099.7380
31/12/12£3,786£4,263£-477£1,318£1,886£1,6834.7480
31/12/11£4,887£4,498£390£1,373£2,351£2,0525.5500
31/12/10£3,721£3,753£-32£1,035£1,981£1,7995.8460
31/12/09£3,477£4,374£-897£1,049£1,890£1,6964.7480
31/12/08£4,260£5,198£-938£1,444£2,715£2,4385.6660
31/12/07£4,782£3,804£978£1,161£3,534£3,33710.5470
31/12/06£3,852£3,547£305£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£3,365£3,525£-160£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£3,035£3,494£-459£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 13.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 15.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 89%
Reserves/Spending: 11.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 5.6
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Who works here?
  • 46 employees
  • 12 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Heritage Fund£79,700
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£40,000
John Ellerman Foundation£30,000
Essex Community Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to CPRE National
£500 20/03/2023
to support the campaign for a better future for England's countryside
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to CPRE National
£500 20/04/2022
to support the campaign for a better future for England's countryside
John Ellerman Foundation - The grant would fund a new member of staff to support the project.
£30,000 27/01/2022
12
Towards the cost of the Countryside for All programme to support a collective of lived experience experts to highlight and challenge the barriers to countryside access in the UK
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to CPRE National
£500 15/03/2021
to support the campaign for a better future for England's countryside
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Campaign to Protect Rural England
£79,700 02/03/2021
NL20: CPRE INCLUSION AND AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to CPRE, the countryside charity
£40,000 28/11/2020
6
The campaign to end transport deserts
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to CPRE National
£500 03/04/2020
To support the campaign for a better future for England's countryside
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£80,000 03/11/2017
To fund a Litter Campaigns Officer for 2 years
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CPRE
£411,442 09/12/2015
36
Towards the first phase of a project to understand littering at a county level and to take action to achieve change to stop littering more widely.
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£60,000 25/02/2014
To fund a Campaigner Post
Samworth Foundation - Environment & Conservation
£60,000 31/01/2014
To fund a Campaigner Post
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CPRE
£395,818 20/06/2013
Towards two posts to provide advice and lead research and policies concerned with energy and housing in the countryside.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to CPRE
£130,740 25/09/2008
36
Towards Project costs Towards the salary of a campaign manager.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 42-68
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/12/2001, number: 1089685
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/10/2001, number: 04302973
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE BRANCH on 15/12/2020
  • Asset transfer in from CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (EAST RIDING COUNTY BRANCH) on 04/04/2022
Main office

CPRE - The Countryside Charity
15-21 Provost Street
LONDON
N1 7NH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE AND ITS TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND THE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENGLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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