Conservation Education & Research Trust

Analysis

Conservation Education & Research Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in November 2002, 24 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 04373313). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Conservation Education & Research Trust reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £4.1m (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Conservation Education & Research Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Students Organising for Sustainability (£4.0m), Society of Petroleum Engineers Europe Limited (£4.1m) and Opportunity Green (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.7%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 8.9%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.