Camelthorn Foundation

Analysis

Camelthorn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Camelthorn Foundation reported income of £10k and spending of £10k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,351 to £10k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 343%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Camelthorn Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Seven Dials Trust (£10k), Martley Millennium Green Trust (£10k) and The Friends of the Parish Church of St Mary, Preston St Mary, Suffolk (£10k).