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CLIENTEARTH

Registered charity 1053988 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARTHRIGHTS, EARTHRIGHTS:THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND RESOURCE CENTRE

Latest income
£26.5m
Latest spending
£29.2m
Registered
1996

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£26.5m
Total spending
£29.2m
Cost of raising funds
£4.1m
Reserves (reported)
£9.8m
Employees
291

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Belgium · Bulgaria · China · Congo · Gabon · Ghana · Ivory Coast · Liberia · Poland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£26.5m£29.2m
31/12/2023£29.4m£35.2m
31/12/2022£30.9m£28.1m
31/12/2021£28.3m£21.6m
31/12/2020£20.8m£16.9m

Common questions

Who funds CLIENTEARTH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CLIENTEARTH as a grant recipient include THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK), AKO FOUNDATION, THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION, THE TOLKIEN TRUST, LUCILLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK)FY2022£7.5m
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2022£2.5m
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2024£300k
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2025£300k
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2022£250k
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2022£238k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2023£155k
LUCILLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£150k
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£100k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£100k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£83k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£83k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2025£71k
EARTHPERCENTFY2024£65k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£54k
THE TOLKIEN TRUSTFY2022£50k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£50k
LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£50k
EARTHPERCENTFY2023£50k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2024£49k
Tinsley Charitable TrustFY2023£45k
THE RISMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£40k
10 % For The OceanFY2023£38k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£38k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£36k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2023£33k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£31k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£31k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£28k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£17k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£17k
EARTHPERCENTFY2022£15k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
CHK FoundationFY2024£10k
THE PICKWELL FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)FY2023£3k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£1k
10 % For The OceanFY2022£1k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATIONFY2023£0
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK)FY2024—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery25/02/2025£1.8mRegular Grant 2025
Postcode Lottery01/12/2023£1.5mRegular Grant 2024
Postcode Lottery07/02/2023£1.6mRegular Grant 2023
Postcode Lottery10/02/2022£1.5mRegular Grant 2022
ARCADIA—£6.3mBiodiversity and habitat governance
ARCADIA—£3.0mWildlife Defence Programme
ARCADIA—£1.5mWildlife Defence Programme
ARCADIA—£250kEU Common Fisheries Policy reform