New Forest Association

Analysis

New Forest Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, New Forest Association reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £21k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, New Forest Association sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wycombe Environment Centre Ltd (£21k), Wimborne in Bloom (£21k) and The Friends of Ditchling (£21k).