European Nature Trust

Analysis

European Nature Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, European Nature Trust reported income of £209k and spending of £791k, spending 379% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £140k to £209k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 254% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, European Nature Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sudbury Common Lands Charity (£206k), Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), Ymgyrch Diogelu Cymru Wledig (Ydcw) (£210k) and Cofarm Foundation (£205k).

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.