The Conflict and Environment Observatory

Analysis

The Conflict and Environment Observatory is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hebden Bridge. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, environment/conservation/heritage and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Conflict and Environment Observatory reported income of £482k and spending of £479k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £242k to £482k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Conflict and Environment Observatory sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sporting Khalsa Community Facilities Limited (£482k), Llanelli Mind (£482k) and David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation (£482k).