The Conservation Foundation

Analysis

The Conservation Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1987, 39 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 01626506). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending February 2025, The Conservation Foundation reported income of £19k and spending of £45k, spending 240% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £579k to £19k (-97%), an average of -58% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Conservation Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Norfolk Gardens Trust (£19k), Friends of Long Sutton Church (£19k) and Regency Society of Brighton and Hove (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.