Membership of the Campaign for Real Ale fell to an eight-year low of 143,038 in the year to 30 November 2025, and the organisation ended the period almost £800,000 in the red before tax.
Writing in the accounts, Camra’s chairman, Ash Corbett-Collins, said it had been “one of the most challenging years Camra has faced”, pointing to a restructuring in which “a number of roles were sadly made redundant”.
Camra is one of Britain’s most enduring consumer groups, founded to protect traditional cask-conditioned ales and campaigning on behalf of brewers and drinkers for more than half a century. It earns its money in several ways, with income coming from membership fees, publishing, and national and regional beer festivals.
Festival income rose last year, growing 14 per cent from £4.9 million to £5.6 million, but the other sources of revenue slipped and administrative costs rose. The accounts filed at Companies House cover the 12 months to the end of November.
Last September the group cancelled its Great British Beer Festival, formerly the largest event of its kind in the UK, for the foreseeable future because of financial pressures.
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