Northumberland National Park Foundation

Analysis

Northumberland National Park Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hexham. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09178928). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Northumberland National Park Foundation reported income of £103k and spending of £169k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £51k to £103k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 581%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Northumberland National Park Foundation sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve (£103k), The Cecil King Memorial Foundation (£103k) and The Ted Ellis Trust (£103k).