Natural Enterprise Ltd

Analysis

Natural Enterprise Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03318141). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Natural Enterprise Ltd reported income of £753k and spending of £689k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £296k to £753k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Natural Enterprise Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Guards Museum Trust (£751k), Habitats & Heritage (£753k) and Swansea Canal Society (£749k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, donations and legacies 1.3% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Reserves of £269k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.