Ecological Restoration Fund

Analysis

Ecological Restoration Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13871372). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ecological Restoration Fund reported income of £345k and spending of £17.2m, spending 4979% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2023 to December 2025, income fell from £16.0m to £345k (-98%), an average of -85% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Ecological Restoration Fund sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Park Lane Charitable Trust (£344k), Sharedimpact (£347k) and The Nidderdale Plus Partnership (£343k).