Ecological Land Trust

Analysis

Ecological Land Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ecological Land Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £3,165, leaving 92% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £963 to £41k (+4205%), an average of +156% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 11987%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Ecological Land Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norwegian Locomotive Trust (£41k), The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs (£42k) and Rotary Club of Retford Percy Laws Memorial Fund (£41k).