CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE BRANCH

Registered charity 1164410 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CPRE HAMPSHIRE

CPRE Hampshire fights for a better future for the countryside. It works county wide and locally to protect, shape and enhance the beautiful, thriving countryside for everyone to value and enjoy. It campaigns on countryside issues, engages locally and strategically, responds to planning applications which effect the countryside and influences local authorities and bodies.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT, PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF HAMPSHIRE AND ITS TOWNS AND VILLAGES, AND THE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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

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Latest income

£224k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total incoming resources of £216,806 against total expenditures of £213,135, resulting in a net movement of funds of £11,153. Free/unrestricted reserves decreased from £81,742 to £75,396, while total net assets increased to £114,195. The accounts do not disclose a specific reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee earned more than £60,000.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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
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Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Safeguarding policy and procedures
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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (20/10/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Margaret Ann Parenchair
Benjamin Edward Goodall
Carole Melanie Oldham
David Arthur Rigby · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Mary Michel
Neil John Henderson
William Boyd McCleary

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£224k	£213k
31/12/2024	£199k	£194k
31/12/2023	£129k	£129k
31/12/2022	£71k	£63k
31/12/2021	£100k	£91k

Common questions

Is CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE BRANCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total incoming resources of £216,806 against total expenditures of £213,135, resulting in a net movement of funds of £11,153. Free/unrestricted reserves decreased from £81,742 to £75,396, while total net assets increased to £114,195. The accounts do not disclose a specific reserves policy target or any material uncertainties regarding going concern.

What does the highest-paid employee of CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE BRANCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/01/2026	£20k	Hampshire Magnificent Meadows Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/08/2023	£120k	"The Hampshire Hedge - Hedgelaying Skills and training project"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LOCAL TRUST	1	£108k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

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

THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £232k
CPRE HERTFORDSHIRE income £84k
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (CPRE) LEICESTERSHIRE income £286k
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE income £131k
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £4.3m
COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE income £936k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE BRANCH	£224k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND FY2025	£232k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CPRE HERTFORDSHIRE FY2024	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (CPRE) LEICESTERSHIRE FY2025	£286k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND WILTSHIRE FY2026	£131k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND FY2025	£4.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.