Environmental Funders Network

Analysis

Environmental Funders Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Environmental Funders Network reported income of £798k and spending of £852k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £519k to £798k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Environmental Funders Network sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oxford Preservation Trust (£797k), Borneo Nature Foundation International (£801k) and Friends of St Nicholas Fields (£789k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and charitable activities 8.4%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £496k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.