Carstairs Countryside Trust
Key takeaways
- Carstairs Countryside Trust fits best if your work conserves the countryside, its wildlife or the otter, or improves access to the countryside, since those are its stated themes.
- Its geographic focus is the United Kingdom, with North Yorkshire as a priority, and the annual report sets no other exclusions, so an organisation outside North Yorkshire should not rule itself out on location alone.
- The annual report records two conditional grants to other registered charities, of £10,000 and £25,000, but no typical grant size is published, so a modest, clearly costed request is a sensible starting point.
- No application process is published, so begin with a short enquiry through the contact details and ask about timing.
- The Trust says it responds where there is an urgent need and it is best placed to act, so explain in your enquiry why your work needs support now.
Overview
Carstairs Countryside Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1201792).
Carstairs Countryside Trust was established to act as a rapid response mechanism to further the conservation of the countryside. It promotes the conservation of the countryside and its wildlife, in particular the otter, within the United Kingdom and more especially North Yorkshire, either through its own action or by supporting other registered charities. The annual report records two conditional grants to other registered charities, of £10,000 and £25,000. Its Cornfield Flowers Project was established to protect and multiply the wild plants of arable fields in North East Yorkshire.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Trust supports other registered charities in conserving the countryside and its wildlife, in particular the otter, within the United Kingdom and more especially North Yorkshire. Its objects also include facilities to help disabled people and the public access the countryside. Its own work includes owning land significant for countryside and wildlife conservation, managing it through environmentally beneficial farming, providing access where appropriate, and advising on conservation in planning and legislative processes. It describes its approach as responding where there is an urgent need and it is best placed to act, alone, with others or as a catalyst. Its report records conditional grants to other registered charities.
Themes
- Countryside conservation
- Wildlife conservation
- Otter conservation
- Countryside access
Geographic Focus
Within the United Kingdom. Priority: North Yorkshire.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Trust responds where there is an urgent need and it is best placed to do so, acting alone, with others or as a catalyst.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- North Yorkshire
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2 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2024 | £181,706 | £151,929 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £374,746 | £308,416 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- cctorg.uk · read on 25 October 2026
- cctorg.uk/projects · read on 25 October 2026
- cctorg.uk/contact · read on 24 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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Contact
- c/o Clerk to Trustees | Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors | Clifford House | 19 Clifford Street | York | YO1 9RJsource
- cctorg.uk
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Contact
- c/o Clerk to Trustees | Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors | Clifford House | 19 Clifford Street | York | YO1 9RJsource
- cctorg.uk
- Contact form