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Environment Charities That specialise in Conservation and sustainability

Discover 192 Environment charities that specialise in conservation and sustainability. Use the search below to filter within these results.

192
Charities
£1,608,149,244
Total Income
£3,288,649
Avg Income
70.4%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Yorkshire Dales Society

Associations, Charitable activities, Environment

1. To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation of the landscape, biodiversity and cultural heritage of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and adjacent areas, and the social and economic well-being of its local communities; and to encourage others to engage with, understand, enjoy and protect these areas.2. In pursuance of the above, to advance the education of the public.

Latest Income: £156,074
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Grangetown Muslim Cultural Centre

Beneficiary group, Education, Environment, Religion, Society

Provides worshiping facilities, religious education for children, Muslim funeral services and Day Centre for the elderly local Muslim population of Grangetown, Cardiff. To promote interfaith communication and understanding. The charity also facilitates Faith Visit tours & presentation for external voluntary and educational organisations .

Latest Income: £141,710
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Sr & Ph Southall Trust

Environment

The principal activity of the Trust is to provide financial assistance to charitable institutions and for charitable purposes in which the trustees have an interest, especially to promote education and conservation of our natural environment and our cultural heritage. Trustees have a particular (but not exclusive) interest in Herefordshire.

Latest Income: £139,587
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Thames Rivers Trust

Charitable activities, Environment, Heritage

To conserve, protect and rehabilitate the habitat and waters that constitute the River Thames catchment, for the benefit of all indigenous species (including Atlantic salmon and migratory trout).To advance the education of the public in the understanding of river environments on watercourses throughout the River Thames catchment.

Latest Income: £135,730
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Kent Beekeepers Association

Charitable activities, Environment

Beekeeping and education of the public in bees and pollination

Latest Income: £128,016
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Otter Trust

Charitable activities, Environment, Research

education of the public in conservation of the natural environment, with an emphasis on research and scientific study, particularly of otters.

Latest Income: £114,411
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The High Beeches Gardens Conservation Trust

Environment, Facilities, Leisure, Research

The historic Gardens are maintained for the enjoyment of the public, for the growth and propagation of trees and plants, for the furtherance of the study and science of botany, and for the promotion of the conservation of nature, especially those rarer species of plants and trees in danger of loss of cultivation.

Latest Income: £111,902
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The National Honey Show Limited

Environment

To encourage beekeeping through the medium of national and international competitive classes for honey and related products

Latest Income: £111,505
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Converging World

Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfare

We are a charity that promotes sustainable development, conservation of the environment and poverty alleviation. We support our activities through donations and programme related investment in renewable energy. The charity has invested in 12.9MW of wind energy in India. We use the surplus income from these investments to support social and environmental initiatives both in the UK and overseas.

Latest Income: £103,971
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Riverside Pre-School

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Environment

Education of Preschool Children.Afterschool care for children aged 4 - 11

Latest Income: £100,919
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Essex Beekeepers Association

Environment

We promote and further the craft of beekeeping.

Latest Income: £96,486
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Riverside Players

Arts, Environment

Riverside Players is a not for profit organisation which aims to educate the public in the dramatic arts and to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts.

Latest Income: £94,937
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Lancashire And North-West Beekeepers' Association

Environment

To promote and further the craft of beekeeping. To advance the education of the general public in the importance of bees in the environment.

Latest Income: £94,628
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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South Devon Railway Trust

Environment, Heritage

Operates a heritage railway between Buckfastleigh and Totnes (Riverside) in the manner of the former Great Western Railway and British Railways Western Region with reference to a period ending in the mid nineteen sixties.

Latest Income: £94,330
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The William Dean Countryside And Educational Trust

Economic and community development, Environment, Heritage

To promote the advancement of education for the public benefit relating to natural history, ecology and conservation of the natural environment.

Latest Income: £90,534
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lincolnshire Beekeepers Association

Environment

Promotion of beekeeping primarily but not exclusively within Lincolnshireby means of education, information advice and support

Latest Income: £90,454
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Sheepdrove Trust

Economic and community development, Environment

The trust supports initiatives which increase sustainability, biodiversity and organic farming, for example research into organic seed production and nutrition. The trust also supports specific work in educational research and spiritual care for the living and the dying.

Latest Income: £89,269
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust

Environment, Heritage, Research

The Harrison Zoological Museum Trust is a registered scientific institution (CITES No. GB010), which promotes biodiversity conservation and environmental protection, primarily in the Palaeotropics and subtropics, through research, capacity building and working with local communities.

Latest Income: £87,488
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Enfield Society

Environment

The Society's principal activity is to further the conservation and enhancement of the civic and natural environments of the London Borough of Enfield and its immediate surrounding area.

Latest Income: £85,651
Areas of Operation: Enfield
Status: Registered
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Riverside Arts Centre Limited

Environment

The charities objects are to foster and promote the maintenance, improvement and development of artistic taste and knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the arts among the inhabitants of Spelthorne. The main objective of the charity is to continue to successfully operate and manage the Riverside Arts Centre premises.

Latest Income: £83,012
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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River Church Southampton

Beneficiary group, Environment, Religion

Riverside Family Church is a local community church in Northam Southampton

Latest Income: £77,677
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Sinfield Nature Conservation Trust

Environment

Advancing the conservation of wildlife and wild places.

Latest Income: £76,675
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Cheshire Beekeepers' Association

Environment

Beekeeping

Latest Income: £75,156
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Riverside Playgroup (twickenham)

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Environment

We are an early years pre-school that take children from 2 1/2 to school age.

Latest Income: £69,115
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Beekeepers' Association

Beneficiary group, Environment

YBKA promotes beekeeping throughout Yorkshire, providing education, training and support for our members and informing the public at large, particularly children, about the important role that the honeybee plays in the natural ecology.

Latest Income: £68,596
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many conservation-and-sustainability environment charities are there in the UK?

There are 192 registered conservation-and-sustainability environment charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the conservation-and-sustainability environment charities by income?

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is the largest by latest reported annual income (£195.0m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of conservation-and-sustainability environment charities?

Conservation-and-sustainability environment charities reported a combined annual income of £1.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for conservation-and-sustainability environment charities?

Across all conservation-and-sustainability environment charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 70.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of conservation-and-sustainability environment charities?

Conservation-and-sustainability environment charities have an average annual income of £3.3m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.