PEAK DISTRICT AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND

Registered charity 1094975 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CPRE, CPRE SOUTH YORKSHIRE, FRIENDS OF THE PEAK DISTRICT, THE PEAK DISTRICT AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE BRANCH OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND

We campaign to protect and enhance the countryside of the Peak District and South Yorkshire for the benefit of all by:-+Ç promoting its vitality;-+Ç encouraging sustainability;-+Ç influencing change;-+Ç increasing understanding and awareness.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THE AREA WITHIN THE BRANCH BOUNDARIES AND ITS TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND THE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £40,819 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds from £600,008 to £561,195. Despite this deficit, free reserves of £560,066 significantly exceed the trustees' policy target of one year's planned operational expenditure (£96,247), a position the trustees attribute to legacy income. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, citing adequate funds and plans to address deficits through fundraising and cost control.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CPRE SOUTH YORKSHIRE (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~29.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Bryan Holmes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Eugene Richard Walker
• Harry William Brook
• Katharine Netherton
• Leslie John Sturch
• Richard Stewart Mills

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Barnsley · Derbyshire · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND.

• CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £4.3m
• THE HEREFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £100k
• THE CHESHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £53k
• CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND - DORSET BRANCH income £64k
• THE OXFORDSHIRE BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £905k
• CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, SUSSEX BRANCH CIO income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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