The British Birds Charitable Trust

Analysis

The British Birds Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Leonards-On-Sea. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending June 2026, The British Birds Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2026, income fell from £23k to £11k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The British Birds Charitable Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Greencombe Garden Trust (£11k), Friends of All Saints Church Staplehurst (£11k) and Endon Well Dressing Festival Charity (£11k).

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.