The Tellus Mater Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Tellus Mater Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03750774). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Tellus Mater Foundation Limited reported income of £59k and spending of £1.2m, spending 2100% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £111k to £59k (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 206%. Over the whole period it spent 925% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Tellus Mater Foundation Limited sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Broad Cairn Foundation (£59k), Chipping Campden Town Trust (£59k) and Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust (£59k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.