Rainforest Concern

Analysis

Rainforest Concern is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in November 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rainforest Concern reported income of £777k and spending of £961k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £736k to £777k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Rainforest Concern sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Limited (£773k), Wildscreen (£793k) and The British Thoroughbred Retraining Centre (£772k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.4%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £536k. Reserves of £484k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.