Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation

Analysis

Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in December 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Southern Thailand Elephant Foundation reported income of £250k and spending of £142k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £96k to £250k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Southern Thailand Elephant 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Surrey Woking and District Branch (£248k), The Peter Smith Charitable Trust for Nature (£250k) and The Rose Animal Welfare Trust CIO (£247k).