CPRE Hampshire the
countryside charity
Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2024
Registered charity
number 1164410
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The countryslde charlty
Mampshl

P.
CPRE Hampshire,
the countryside charity
Our vision
Our mission
A beautlful and thrlvlng country51de
that enrlches all our lives.
To promote. enhance and protect
thTlvlng countryslde.
An Introductlon
Our cherity works itr.
Support communltles to hwe Iheir sjy on
evelopments and changes Sn trlampshlre.
rornote the benefft of (￿ntrySIde to
everyone. whervTrr they live.
Work wllh local and national 9ovemmenL
nd olher organisations to promote
plannlng pollcles that make ihe best use
ol land.
Fiaise awareness of the Mampshlre
countryside as ly vital space lor health and
wellbelng.
Encourage care of our flelds ond
hedgerow5 to protect landscape5
and wildlife.
Call for homes thal l¢xal people can afford
io be built in the right places Kr055 the
ntry.
Celebrate and yjpport bJslnesses thal
glve b8ck to the Mamp5hire countryside.
Promote renewable energy that doesny
amage the Hampshire c￿ntryS￿le or
wlder environmenL
CPRE Hampshlre 8uslness Plan
r uusiness von Is reguiarty reviV￿e¢ tsy Ine
Board of Trustees arbj sets ¢)ut the Prlorltles for
The key priorllles In our Bu51ness Plan are..
l. Our pijnnlng Work which Is carrled out by
our Oistrlct Groups +ynd p￿rnIng Pollcy
Group
2. Our Project work whlch is overseen by
sm811 team of Core staff and delNer5 furKled
projects to protect or enhance the
Hornp5hlre Couniryslde.
3. Our markeling and Comms acti￿ty to ald
del￿ery of our key priorllies.
The key clwlenges faclng CPRE Hampshlre
contifHJe to be a f811ing membership base 11,000
members pre parKlemlc 850 by Dec 20241.
limited financlal resource base and 8 small staff
team. We needed to locus on how to make the
rwst of thi5 Ilmlted res¢)urce to maxlmlze our
impacL
Y¢kni•ers rnaklr4J by hBnd Ph￿• by

Strategic Priority 1
Planning
Our plannlng work 15 carrled out ty dlstrl¢t
groups and coordlnated ty our Plannlng Pollcy
Group IPPGI.
PlonnlrKJ work operates on three le*Ws.
l.Worklng wlth Local Plannln9 Authorlties on
Hampshlre Plannlro issues e.9. L¢xal P￿n
rWew5
2.Supportlng Natlonal CPQE e.g. Slraieg1¢
Landuse Fromework
3.Slraleglc Compalgns e.g. vrfaier and rooftop
renewaDies campaign
In 8ddilion. our loc&1 dlstr6ci groups have kept
wdtihlry brief on local plannlng Jppllcations tsnd
ssknmltted cwer 50 responses to Indiwdual
applicaiions. We continue lo prornote the
concept ol Valued Landscapes lo provlde
prvleLlluri Ivr tilyli-qu¥lily LviiiiÈry>iUe I1￿1 15
not notlonolty deslgnated and io develop model
policies for the use of our volunteers and others
vthen comrnentinq upon draft Local Plan&
Worklng wllh Local Plannlng AullK)rltles on
MJmpshlTe Plannlng Issues
Locaiiy we have so¢Jgni to Inlluence Local pion
Pollcles to conserve and enhance Ihe Mar￿)ShITe
cl￿ntrySIde.
Our water focus group continues to work wlth
other Interested partner groups 10
monllor and try to reduce levels of F)ollutlon
in our preclou5 Marnp5hlre cttalk stream5
m051 n¢t4bty the Qfver Test but olso the
Itchen arKJ Looden
monitor Southern Wat¥s proposals for the
Mampshlre Water Transfer and recyc11ng
prolecL Inciudlng respondlng to V4rlous
consuiiations on ihts
We hove submltted substanlbal responses to..
Mampshlre Waste & Mlnerals Pl8n.
B4slngst¢)ke & Deane Re9 18 L¢xal Plan
ri&ew
East Marnpshlre Fleg 18 L¢xJl Pkn Re*lew
Test Valley Reg 18 Local Plan riethl
We are 8150 working on responses for Ihe
New Forest National Park and New Forest
Dislricl Council Local Plons ar¥J Ihe South
Downs Natiorol Park
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Local Planning,
continued
ey Planning Activity In 2024
CPRE Mampshlfe has been a consultee
on a wmber of govemment led natlonal
plannlng consultatlons such for example..
We monltor on a reguE8r basls the Natlonalty
Signlflcant Infrastructure Prolecis that affect
arnp5hire. again resgondlng to applicotions
and constsiiallons releting lo these.
Exarnples would be the electric61
Interconneclor proposed to bring eledrlclty wa
under the sea cables from FrarKe to ir* U
and the proposed Energy Recfftry Plant on the
A31 outslde of Ajton.
the Natlonal Plannlng Pollcy
framework
consultsllon on use of brownfteld
land
permltted development rlghts
We slt ory orKI provlde Inpul Into. the
Hampshlre E￿ror￿r￿nt￿l Land Managem￿1
IELMSI Board.
Supportlng Na￿onal CPRE wlth Slrateglc
C•mpalgns
We work wlttt the CPFIE National Team ￿ere
vrfe have dpAoped speclflc expertise that15
useful to them for example on afford8ble
Nyjsing and natlonally Imposed houslng tsrgets.
We monltor the Harrpshlre County Councll
proDosals lor ltrelr Nature Recovery Neiwks
and our evlalion expert has continued to
regularty 511 on ihe athlsory board lor and
monitors pr¢)pos815 lo expand Ihe alrspace at
Farnborough Alr
Engaging Local
Candidates and
New Representatives
In response lo the General Ekctlon In 2024
CPIIEH prepared an elecllon manllesto
was sent io all prospectNe locel carvjloales
r>rlnr in thp opngrytl pFpc.tlr)n In and thpn
follow up meAtirvJ5 held ￿th 8 number of
new Mps and courKllors.

Strategic Priority 2
Projects
Key Proiects In 2024
We Identiried fve proffiect arees In our
Byslnesg Plan. These vore..
Our proloct work Is c•rrSed out by a small team
of dedlcated staff wlth speclallst knowledge In
proSect areas.
. Mead￿5
Protected Landsc•pes
. Rooftop RenthY•bles
. H¢¢9erotNs
larnpshlre CouDirWde Awards
Magnlflcent Mead¢)ws Prolect
In 4Drll 2024 we launche(J o new project to
restore chalk Meadows at Bar End In
Wlnchester. We worked ￿th locol ecologlsi
Rachel Pemnant from Lond Lore consuniro to
organlse trjlnlng for local peop* lo learn
tradltional meadow managemeni techniques.
Includlng scythlng. making hty by hand. r8kSng
and box balllng hay lo feed the l¢xal allolmenl
sheep.
Rooftop Penewables
We have worked with CPRE Sussex and the
universlty of S¢)ulhamplon to develop an online
map whlch shows the operatlonal and pendin9
Solar farms across Mamp5hlre. Thls Is accessible
vla our rooftop renewable web page.
Protected Landscape5
2024 was the 75th annwsary of the NaJc¥
Parks and Acces5 to the COuntry￿ae ACL
ampshlre has 38% of its. land designeted as
Protected Landscapes. wlln 2 Nationel Parks arKI
Inree Neiionai Landscapes wimin lis DcMJnsJarie
We marked thls occasion wllh a ialk at ￿r AGM
and J special edltion of Mompshire on
Protected Lan¢Jscapes.
With luTrJlng support from The New Thlngs Fund
from ihe Centre for the South. we have been
workin9 Wlth researchers from the Energy &
aimate Change team et the Unlverslly to
demonstrate the potential ol rooft¢)p solar
across Mampshire & Sussex
In June 2024 we held tsn conference wSth
SoulhJmpion University atiended by over 50
delegales. followlng the conference on the 10th
Oct we held an online kryunch of our onllne mag
I￿$ pollcy brlef to promte tre r¢)oftop
rw*wable campaign across Hampshire &
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Ilooftop • k•y pr¢*¢i IR

The Mampshlre Hedge Project
In 2Q24 we were Inio ine secoTrJ year oi
Hampshire Hedge project wsth an ambitious
t8r9el to create 8 green corriijor of l)edgerow5
between the South Downs •)d Ne*V Forest
National Parks.
We have secured fundlng from.. CPRE
trledgerows Pr¢gecL The L5nbury Trusl The
Natlonal Lottery Heritage Fund. the 819 Gfve.
Harnpshlre C¢)unty C¢%ncSL The Tree Councll
nd Spur9in Trust for the Second year of the
orolect. We also received don8tions In kJrKI ni
the form ol hedglng pl8nls trees. guarcls and
51aKes from Tne Trees for sown Dowrts.
Mempshlre Forest Partnwshlp and Tree Court4.
Hampshlre Countryslde Awards 2024
v￿.th funding support from Mastoe Mouslng,
lacre55 ond Terrafirrna we ren a successlul
C¢)untryslde Aw4yrds In 2024. Launched in May at
the AGM the awards attracted 24 entries ovw 4
cate9¢yles.
Our full-tlme project officer, Ellle eanks wh
st•rt•d In July 2023. w•s loln•d by Yoitsnde
Lomas, who lolned CPRE Harnpshlre for a 6-
rnonth hed9erow asslstant role ends Sn
March 2025
The winners of each cateoory had a specia
promotlonal video made lor their prolecl. These
were shown at ¢)ur Awards ceremony In
December.
A full report lor Year I was prepare¢J ond sent
to lunders and we are wdl ￿ targei In Year 2
to delfver on targets.
A steerlng group wlth partners from the
Nallonal Porks. Sp8rsholl College. Tree Council
Winchester City Council and Test Valley
meet5 reguljrty to support the project.
Mampshlre Cholce Award went to the
81acknest Flelds project In the South Downs
National ParL
Hampshire Hedge
key targets
5,000 meters of new hedgerow planted
errJ%q 8 sllp
0.5miles of he(Igerow restored.
18 training events held io teoch peop
Iradltlonal hedge layiro skllls.
? % %-rmnih hgdgp iaylno tr8lneeghlps
funded Community Hedge Fund
estabjlshed to support Ioc81 prolects.
Engagement with local cdlewa and
Scho￿ has resulted In IOOS ol young
people belng engaged with the project.

Governance
and Staffing
In 2024 two new Trustees lolned CPIIE
Mampshlre Board. 8en GoodfNryll (frea5urerl
and Da￿d Qlgty.
Our OperJtlon5 Manjger. IJIS￿ Toll)oL
contlnves to lead the small team ￿lCh are
based at Sparsholt College.
Our FinJnce Offlcer Is Jo WatL Wtrf) ccn1lr￿e%
io Keep our nnances on irack.
CPPE i••m •no ¥duff*t￿r$ At lh• Por•¥l 2024.
Marketing and
Communications
Qebecca Sirnpson ¢NJr Comms Officer works
for us on a Ireelance basls one clay per weeK
we nave also oeen using Ine semces of
freelance plannlng consullant lo help ￿th
responses lo Local Plon r￿ev•S..
Our Bl -Anriuol Honpshire Vlews ma9azlne
contlnues 10 be a key means ol communlcating
th our merrt)ershlp. We have now got the
capabllity lo produce It lft house and have
Introduced a new look to the magazlne.
In addlllon. we produce e newsletter Updates
our Work io members, In 2024 we have
produce(I four hedgerow specials and a
CtJJntryslde fjwards edition and Par15h Councll
speclal e- I)￿51etter.
Our Medgerow Project Olllcer. ellie Llarts, MS
contlnued to on the Hamp5hlre Medge
project and was joined in October by Yolande
Lomas who hes worked as ihe f*dgerow
ssislanl rose attached lo the Mampshlre Hedge
project tietween Oclober and March.
We have had numerous students corr* ano
volunteer on part tlme. tlme limlleo projects.
brlnglng new Sdeas. energy and enthusiasm to
the te*rym. We have a re9ular 'office day on
Tuesdays In LNJr offlce on the Sparsholt college
campus.
We also regulaty post on tsjr FacebooK
Twltter and Inslagram account.
PU Success hts5 been focussed on the
Mampshire Hedge project wtn coverage on
88C South Todty . and the Ccxjntryslde
Awards. ￿th coverage In Hampshlre Llfe
magazlne.
f••ffj •t st￿￿￿1￿ Uthersty Clhale
OMskni￿th Pwjl I cpAe
>J55￿ ahd T•knl ICPRE Ilarpsh*el at
the fL￿fic9 ￿l￿r tonl*r•nc•

We are CPRE The
Countryside Charity
Our Address:
CPRE Hampshire
rjo Sparsholt College Hampshire
Westley Lane
Sparsholt
Winchester
klants
S0212NF
Tel.. 01962 797312
CPflE Is the countryslde charty th81 cam￿(jnS
to promote, enhance antt protecl the
countryslde for everyone's benefiL wherw
they I￿,. lodry and for generations to come.
Wlth a local CPQE In wery county. we work %￿lh
¢ommunSties, businesses and government to flnd
posltlve and lasllng ways to help Ihe counlryslde
thrfve.
What we ¢Jo
We ccfflnecl people ￿th the countryslde so
ihat everyone can benefit from and value It.
We promote rurol life to ensure the
couniryslde aTrJ lis communlties can thrfvE.
We empower ¢omm(tnltles lo Improve and
protect Iheir locol environment
Through all our work we look ai the role of our
counlrysbde in 18ckllng the clirnoie emergency.
Includlng seeklng w4ys to Increase resillence
and reduce lrnpact.
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C•mp•l8n to Protert Rural E￿land Hamp5hlre Br•nch CIO
2 Stslement of Fln•nd•l for th• Ye•r Ended De¢ernber 31st 2024
Funds
Funds
2024
Incomlnl R•sourc•s
Membershlp Subscriptions
Fund Raising and Events
Donations
Trusts and Corporate
Investment Income
Dlstrlct Group5
Total In¢omln6 R•¥oyvt•¥
35,343
1,055
3,436
9.CKKI 146.524
35.343
1.055
3.436
155.524
30.370
697
3,160
88,686
3,331
3,089
129.133
223
52,665 146,524
223
9.189
Expendltur•
Staff Costs
Admlnlstr•tlon Costs
Other
Total Aesources Expended
GainsllLosses1 on investment Asset
Net Movement ol Funds
49,358
8,125
10.393
76,214
67,875 117.418
1,529
13.681
51,204
I￿.562
8.125
86,607
195,294
1,529
71,395
11,035
46.905
IZ9,335
11401
142
19,106
Openlng Fund Balance
Closln8 Fund Balanc•
95.423
81.742
2,193
21,299
97,618
103,042
97,760
97,618
2024
202J
Total
3 In￿mIni Resources
Mernbenhlp Subjerfptigns
Olstrict Groups
Merchandlse
Donations
Fundraisln8
Trust5 and Corporate
sc￿ Club
Glft Aid
Branch Appeal
Investment Income
Total In￿mIng Resourc•s
3S,343
223
49
3,206
74
35.343
223
49
3.206
711
30,370
3,089
63
1.897
9,(KX> 146,524
932
155.524
932
634
514
750
3.331
129,333
230
3,608
52,665 146.524
230
199.189

Camp•l8n to Protect Rurnl Enlland Hampshlrn Branch CIO
Statement of Flnanclal Acilvlile5 for the Year Ended December 31st 2024
Unrestrlrted R¢strlcted Total
Funds
Funds
2024
4 R•sourcw Exp•nd•d
Staff Costs
49,358
51.204
ILKI.562
71.395
Offlce and Venue renl
IT Telecomms Broadband
Pl4nnln8
3.015
2.106
3,015
2,106
3,719
Hed8efOW Costs
Insuran¢e
310
455
1.097
310
455
1.097
970
1,021
2.789
PrlntSn8 Copylng Statlonery
Postage
Professlonal fees
Subxrlptlons
8randln8
Trainin8
Depreclatlon
Oth*t costs
Totsl R•sOu￿•S Exp•nd•d
420
420
410
167
3,462
507
41,286
129,335
14
434
8.766
76,214
67.875 127,418
14
434
84.980
195.294
2024
2023
5 stsff Costs
Staff Salarles
Recruitment
I￿,562
71.395
No employee earned more than £60,0￿.
The number of employees at the end of the year was four (three 20231
No trustee receNed any ￿M￿ner￿tIOn durlng the year

Campalzn to Protert Rural England Hamp5hlre Branch ao
1 5Utemeni of Flnanclal P051tlon as at December 315t 20Z4
December 31st
2024
December 31st
2023
Note
Flxed Assets
Tangible Assets
Investments
1,590
52.580
54,170
1.778
51.051
52,829
Current Assets
AccTued Income & Prepayments
Cash at Bank
Bulldln8 Society Account
20.234
82,919
21,540
124,694
14,685
58,020
41,000
113.705
Credltors
Accrued Expenditure
Accounts Payable
In¢om• rec•iv•d In Adv•nc•lD•f•rr•d Income 12
io
li
1,360
3,788
70.674
1,523
7,526
59.867
Net Current Assets
75,822
44,789
Total Assets Less Current Llabllltles
103,042
97,618
Income Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Restrirted Funds
Total Income Funds
81.742
21,299
103.042
74.700
22,918
97,618

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