BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL
Registered charity 1042125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
BirdLife International is a Partnership acting for birds, for priority sites, for the environment and for people. Over ten million people support the BirdLife International Partnership of non-governmental conservation organisations (Partners) and local networks. The BirdLife International Partners work together on shared priorities, programmes, and policies to deliver real conservation results.
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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).
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
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. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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 — “Aage V Jensen Charity Foundation “The vision of our Foundation is to give everybody the chance to experience a rich and varied nature – toda…” (source page)
- Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF) — “Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF) The Ecological Restoration Fund (ERF) supports work that protects biodiverse hotspots, rejuvenates degrade…” (source page)
- Heidelberg Materials — “Corporate sponsors Heidelberg Materials “As one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials Heidelberg Materials acknowledges…” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
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).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- ASSAD SERHAL
- Alejandro Quecedo del Val
- Christie Constantine
- Dian Agista Prihanggalasari
- Dr Michael Russell Wheldon Rands · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Rodrigo Wilber Soria Auza
- Dr Sheku Kamara
- Fadi Naseer
- Ishana Thapa
- JOHN GREGORY · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kate Millar
- Kjetil Aadne Solbakken
- Lieven de Schamphelaere
- Mahima Sukhdev
- Martin Philip Birch
- Nunia Teresa Thomas
- Rebecca Susan Speight
- Rosa Maria Vidal Rodriguez
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?
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). 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, The Marks Family Charitable Trust.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
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