Skip to main content Skip to navigation

Cool Earth Action

Provides grant funding to rainforest communities to support their work in protecting at-risk forest and ensure their voice is heard in agreements that affect the future of rainforest.Promotes a greater understanding of the role that forest communities play in keeping rainforest ecosystems intact and the role that rainforests play in supporting life across the planet.

Contact Charity

Activities & Mission

Provides grant funding to rainforest communities to support their work in protecting at-risk forest and ensure their voice is heard in agreements that affect the future of rainforest.Promotes a greater understanding of the role that forest communities play in keeping rainforest ecosystems intact and the role that rainforests play in supporting life across the planet.

Grants

Cool Earth Action makes grants as part of its work.

Gives grants to
organisations
Total spending (2026)
£3,840,396
Only charities with income over £500,000 file a separate grants figure.
Who it helps
people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public
What it supports
education and training, the prevention or relief of poverty, the environment, conservation, or heritage and economic or community development and employment

As recorded with the Charity Commission. To ask about applying, use the contact details and check the trustees and latest accounts below.

Is this your charity?

Add your logo, photos and tell the story behind the numbers in your own words. Free for our first 50 launch partners.

Learn more about premium profiles See a sample profile

Areas of Operation

Where this charity is registered to operate, as self-declared to the Charity Commission. These are regulatory classifications, not a list of active programmes, and don't necessarily indicate fundraising activity in each location.

Financial Information

Latest Income
£3,855,011
Latest Expenditure
£3,840,396

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 84.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 85.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 21.5%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £3,684,170
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £730
Investments £170,111
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £3,270,097
Raising Funds £570,299
Governance £253,713
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

As filed with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Most recent filing covers the financial year ending 2026.

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2026
£3,855,011
£3,840,396£3,270,097£6,263,211£5,830,31840 / 0
2025
£4,848,211
£3,913,598£3,400,974£6,248,596£5,966,84536 / 0
2024
£4,885,615
£4,350,991£3,836,195£5,313,983£5,313,98319 / 0
2023
£6,096,861
£6,009,586£5,004,776£4,779,359£3,236,42498 / 0
2022
£3,868,402
£3,052,175£2,500,809£4,692,084£3,426,78528 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Frequently asked questions about Cool Earth Action

What does Cool Earth Action do?

Provides grant funding to rainforest communities to support their work in protecting at-risk forest and ensure their voice is heard in agreements that affect the future of rainforest.Promotes a greater understanding of the role that forest communities play in keeping rainforest ecosystems intact and the role that rainforests play in supporting life across the planet.

How much income did Cool Earth Action report in 2026?

Cool Earth Action reported total income of £3.86m and reported expenditure of £3.84m for the financial year ending 2026, based on the most recent annual return filed with the Charity Commission.

When was Cool Earth Action registered as a charity?

Cool Earth Action was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 15 February 2007 as charity number 1117978. It has been registered for 19 years.

Who runs Cool Earth Action?

Cool Earth Action is governed by a board of 6 trustees. Trustees are legally responsible for the charity's governance and are listed in full on its profile.

Where does Cool Earth Action operate?

Cool Earth Action operates across 3 areas: Cameroon, Papua New Guinea and Peru.

Is Cool Earth Action a registered charity?

Yes — Cool Earth Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1117978.

Details

Contact (address, email, phone)
Registration Date
15 February 2007
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
4026610
Charity Number
1117978

Trustees

Anthony Juniper
Baron John Selwyn Deben
Charles Henry Mark Ellingham
Gillian Burke
JOHAN ELIASCH
Lucy Erickson

Data & trust

Register data refreshed
2 November 2026
Report a data issue