CPRE Rutland and Lincolnshire

Registered charity 500480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND (RUTLAND BRANCH), THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (RUTLAND BRANCH), THE COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF RURAL ENGLAND (RUTLAND BRANCH)

The objects of the branch charity shall be to promote and encourage for the benefit of the public the improvement, protection and preservation of the countryside of Rutland and Lincolnshire, their towns and villages and the better development of the rural environment.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE IMPROVEMENT, PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE OF RUTLAND AND LINCOLNSHIRE AND THEIR TOWNS AND VILLAGES AND THE BETTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT

Area of benefit: THE COUNTRYSIDE OF RUTLAND AND ITS TOWNS AND VILLAGES

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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Registered contact address: Rutland, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£4k

Registered

1970

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £58,760 against total expenditure of £3,789, resulting in total funds of £75,108. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £40,108, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of three months of core operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of core operating expenditure (held: £40k)

“The Trustees will now aim to hold unrestricted free reserves equivalent to at least three months of core operating expenditure” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Elizabeth Reba Meek
Geoffrey Arthur Clyde
Giles Clifton
Matthew Crorkin-Davis
Rachel Jane Burkitt
Ronald Simpson BEM · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Lincolnshire · Rutland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£59k	£4k
31/12/2024	£6k	£4k
31/12/2023	£10k	£7k
31/12/2022	£8k	£5k
31/12/2021	£5k	£4k

Common questions

Is CPRE Rutland and Lincolnshire financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £58,760 against total expenditure of £3,789, resulting in total funds of £75,108. The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £40,108, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of three months of core operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BERGNE-COUPLAND CHARITY.

BERGNE-COUPLAND CHARITY income £35k
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (SHROPSHIRE BRANCH) income £54k
CPRE HERTFORDSHIRE income £84k
THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND income £232k
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND - WARWICKSHIRE income £46k
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND, HAMPSHIRE BRANCH income £224k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CPRE Rutland and Lincolnshire	£59k	—	above	—	no doubt
BERGNE-COUPLAND CHARITY FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (SHROPSHIRE BRANCH) FY2025	£54k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CPRE HERTFORDSHIRE FY2025	£84k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE KENT BRANCH OF THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND FY2025	£232k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND - WARWICKSHIRE FY2025	£46k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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