SOUTH WEST LAKES TRUST
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
The Trust has charitable and trading activities, including safeguarding the environment and providing access and recreation for all abilities at its sites in Devon Cornwall and Somerset.Managing public access, education, conservation, forestry and land at 50 sites, 5,000 hectares of land with 2 million visits each year.Wheal Martyn is an independant China Clay Museum near St Austell
Latest income
£5.5m
Expenditure
£5.8m
Financial year end
2025-01-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-31 | £4.0m | £3.5m | |
| 2022-01-31 | £5.3m | £4.7m | |
| 2023-01-31 | £4.7m | £5.0m | |
| 2024-01-31 | £5.4m | £5.6m | |
| 2025-01-31 | £5.5m | £5.8m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-01-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £75k |
| Charitable activities | £2.8m |
| Trading | £2.4m |
| Investment income | £89k |
| Total income | £5.5m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £3.5m |
| Raising funds | £2.3m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £24k |
| Total expenditure | £5.8m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £651k |
| Total funds | £4.2m |
| — restricted | £2.5m |
| — unrestricted | £1.7m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £4.2m |
| Cash | £1.0m |
People
| Employees | 145 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Amateur Sport
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who it helps
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.