The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £139k and spending of £160k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £64k to £139k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 268%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Adlard Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Onshore Geophysical Library (£139k), Vernacular Architecture Group (£139k) and Southern Tanzania Elephant Trust (£139k).

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.