How Many Elephants
Also known as: Hme
How Many Elephants (HME) protects African elephants and empowers women to protect nature. It amplifies female ranger voices through World Female Ranger Week (500m reach), enables human-elephant-conflict mitigation through the HME Beehive Fence project, and supports grassroots conservation through grants, storytelling, advocacy, education, and community-led action. Founded by Holly Budge.
Activities & Mission
How Many Elephants (HME) protects African elephants and empowers women to protect nature. It amplifies female ranger voices through World Female Ranger Week (500m reach), enables human-elephant-conflict mitigation through the HME Beehive Fence project, and supports grassroots conservation through grants, storytelling, advocacy, education, and community-led action. Founded by Holly Budge.
Grants
How Many Elephants is a grant-making charity: making grants is its main activity.
- Gives grants to
- organisations
- Total spending (2025)
- £49,821
- Only charities with income over £500,000 file a separate grants figure.
- Who it helps
- other charities or voluntary bodies, other defined groups and the general public
- What it supports
- general charitable purposes, education and training, arts, culture, heritage, or science, animals, the environment, conservation, or heritage and human rights, religious or racial harmony, equality, or diversity
As recorded with the Charity Commission. To ask about applying, use the contact details and check the trustees and latest accounts below.
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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
Financial Efficiency
Financial Trend
Annual Returns
As filed with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Most recent filing covers the financial year ending 2025.
| Financial Year | Income | Expenditure | Charitable Spending | Net Assets | Reserves | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | £59,979 | £49,821 | 0 / 2 | |||
| 2024 | £45,882 | £45,713 | 0 / 3 | |||
| 2023 | £52,444 | £56,833 | 0 / 3 | |||
| 2022 | £73,230 | £65,720 | 0 / 4 | |||
| 2021 | £70,322 | £39,890 | 0 / 4 |
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Frequently asked questions about How Many Elephants
What does How Many Elephants do?
How Many Elephants (HME) protects African elephants and empowers women to protect nature. It amplifies female ranger voices through World Female Ranger Week (500m reach), enables human-elephant-conflict mitigation through the HME Beehive Fence project, and supports grassroots conservation through grants, storytelling, advocacy, education, and community-led action. Founded by Holly Budge.
How much income did How Many Elephants report in 2025?
How Many Elephants reported total income of £60k and reported expenditure of £50k for the financial year ending 2025, based on the most recent annual return filed with the Charity Commission.
When was How Many Elephants registered as a charity?
How Many Elephants was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 8 November 2019 as charity number 1186238. It has been registered for 7 years.
Who runs How Many Elephants?
How Many Elephants is governed by a board of 5 trustees. The chair of trustees is Holly Claire Budge. Trustees are legally responsible for the charity's governance and are listed in full on its profile.
Where does How Many Elephants operate?
How Many Elephants operates across 17 areas, including Australia, Botswana, Colombia and 14 others. The full list is shown on its profile.
Is How Many Elephants a registered charity?
Yes — How Many Elephants is a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1186238.
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Registry Information
Trustees
Also governs 1 other charity
Also Known As
- Hme
Data & trust
- Register data refreshed
- 2 November 2026
- Methodology
- How metrics are calculated