UK Onshore Geophysical Library

Analysis

UK Onshore Geophysical Library is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02927628). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, UK Onshore Geophysical Library reported income of £139k and spending of £204k, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £83k to £139k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, UK Onshore Geophysical Library sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Tanzania Elephant Trust (£139k), The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation (£139k) and North Dorset Beekeepers Association (£138k).