Ashden Climate Solutions

Analysis

Ashden Climate Solutions is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05062574). It says it provides other finance, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ashden Climate Solutions reported income of £7.4m and spending of £7.2m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.1m to £7.4m (+259%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ashden Climate Solutions sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fight for Sight (£7.4m), Jah-Jireh Charity Homes (£7.5m) and The Coalfields Regeneration Trust (£7.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93%, charitable activities 4.5% and trading 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £597k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 64 people.