The Nature Recovery Project
Analysis
The Nature Recovery Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in November 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 14063572). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Nature Recovery Project reported income of £661k and spending of £335k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from August 2023 to March 2025, income grew from £250k to £661k (+164%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 10981%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.
Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Nature Recovery Project sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tree Sisters (£660k), The Combustion Engineering Association (£661k) and Comouk Trust (£654k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £658k. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £197k.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Legacies 100%
- Other 0.5%
In the charity's own words
The charity promotes for the public benefit the conservation and protection of the natural environment by promoting biological diversity, in particular but not exclusively by acquiring land for the planting of natural and native species woodland and providing support to other charitable organisations with similar objectives that wish to do the same. The charity supports initiatives globally.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Tree Sisters | East Sussex | £660k |
| The Combustion Engineering Association | Co. Durham | £661k |
| Comouk Trust | West Yorkshire | £654k |
| Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings | Bromsgrove | £662k |