British Naturalists' Association

Analysis

British Naturalists' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tring. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02119195). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, British Naturalists' Association reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £7,488 to £11k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, British Naturalists' Association sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Labrador Rescue Kent and Borders (£11k), Herts and Middlesex Badger Group (£11k) and Miss Frederica Eleanor Isabel Hildrey Deceased (£11k).