Pesticide Action Network UK

Analysis

Pesticide Action Network UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in August 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02036915). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pesticide Action Network UK reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £943k to £1.6m (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pesticide Action Network UK 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Herefordshire & Worcestershire (£1.6m), Age Concern Slough and Berkshire East (£1.6m) and The Grove Residential Home (Solihull) (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and donations and legacies 25%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £536k. Reserves of £909k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.