BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL
Registered charity 1042125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that BirdLife International reported a surplus of £697,306 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £33.0 million and total expenditure of £31.8 million. The charity holds free reserves of £2.8 million, which the Trustees note are towards the lower end of their stated policy target of 8-16 weeks of unrestricted expenditure (£2.3 million to £4.7 million).
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 27
“27 employees earning more than £60,000 were members of the defined contribution pension scheme” — page 35
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 8-16 weeks of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.8m)
“The reserves policy, which was reviewed in November 2024, includes a target of holding free reserves of 8-16 weeks of unrestricted expenditure (£2.3 million to £4.7 million for 2024).”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Year-over-year changes
- Employees paid over £60,000: 23 (FY2023) → 27 (FY2024).
Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BirdLife International (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Martin Harper — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Peter Eerdmans — Chair (source)
- Mahima Sukhdev — Chair (source)
- Dr Stuart Butchart — Chief Scientist (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Aage V Jensen Charity Foundation
- Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF)
- Heidelberg Materials
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£2.1m
Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Trustees
- Christie Constantine
- Dian Agista Prihanggalasari
- Dr Michael Russell Wheldon Rands · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Rabindra Vikash Vanapalli Tatayah
- Dr Rodrigo Wilber Soria Auza
- Dr Sheku Kamara
- Edward Daniel Cheskey
- Fadi Naseer
- Imad Al Atrash
- Ishana Thapa
- JOHN GREGORY · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kate Millar
- Khadija Bourass
- Kjetil Aadne Solbakken
- Lieven de Schamphelaere
- Mahima Sukhdev
- Martin Philip Birch
- Mika Asikainen
- Nunia Teresa Thomas
- Rebecca Susan Speight
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Belgium · Cambodia · Cambridgeshire · Ecuador · Fiji · Ghana · Japan · Jordan · Kenya · Rwanda · Senegal · Singapore
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?
The accounts state that BirdLife International reported a surplus of £697,306 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £33.0 million and total expenditure of £31.8 million. The charity holds free reserves of £2.8 million, which the Trustees note are towards the lower end of their stated policy target of 8-16 weeks of unrestricted expenditure (£2.3 million to £4.7 million). Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include RESTORE OUR PLANET, PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO FOUNDATION (GB), THE TOLKIEN TRUST, THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION, King Charles III Charitable Fund.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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