PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY
Latest income
£8.1m
Latest spending
£7.7m
Registered
1996
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Total income
£8.1m
Total spending
£7.7m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
97
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (20/12/2024)
- Received assets from another charity (18/11/2022)
- Received assets from another charity (02/11/2021)
Trustees
- Anthony John Payne
- David Llewelyn Daniels
- Dr Jill Kowal
- Dr Julia Suzanna Knights
- Hien Vi Luong
- James Jansen
- Philip Wilson
- Prof Sallie Bailey
- Sally Louise Thomas
- Timothy William Jones
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £8.1m | £7.7m |
| 31/03/2024 | £11.3m | £9.1m |
| 31/03/2023 | £5.5m | £5.0m |
| 31/03/2022 | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| 31/03/2021 | £4.1m | £3.1m |
Common questions
Who funds PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUST, NEWBY TRUST LIMITED, SWIRE 2765.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £335k |
| JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £100k |
| THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £85k |
| THE EUREKA CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £79k |
| NEWBY TRUST LIMITED | FY2025 | £25k |
| SWIRE 2765 | FY2022 | £20k |
| THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £20k |
| THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £5k |
| THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £5k |
| WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST | FY2023 | £3k |
| WHITLEY ANIMAL PROTECTION TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
| THE CHARLOTTE BONHAM-CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £2k |
| SWIRE 2765 | FY2023 | £1k |
| CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £1k |
| THE GUNTER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £601 |
| ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS | FY2024 | £0 |
| King Charles III Charitable Fund | FY2023 | — |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 12/12/2025 | £250k | "Pathways to Nature" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 08/10/2025 | £100k | "Ranscombe Connect: Community Participation for Wild Plants and Fungi" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 04/09/2024 | £106k | "Plantlife Ryewater Farm Nature Reserve extension - Land purchase and establishment for conservation" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 30/08/2023 | £10k | "Equality Diversity and Inclusion – Plantlife Organisational Resilience Project" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/02/2023 | £81k | "#NNF2 Grassland Networks Wales" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 11/11/2021 | £108k | "#Digital8: Vibrant Volunteering Virtually Everywhere" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 28/11/2019 | £224k | "Cairngorms Rare Plants and Wild Connections" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 28/11/2017 | £88k | "Looking out for small things: Discover and conserve lower plants of the Lake District" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 08/11/2017 | £56k | "Greena Moor: Restoring and re-connecting rare Culm grassland habitat in an ancient Cornish landscape" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 14/03/2017 | £504k | "Building Resilience in South West Woodlands" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 24/11/2014 | £45k | "Secrets of the Celtic rainforest: a journey of discovery and conservation" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 31/03/2014 | £8k | "(No Title)" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 04/09/2013 | £62k | "Make the Small Things Count: Learning about and conserving lower plants across the South West" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 27/03/2012 | £2.3m | "Saving our Magnificent Meadows" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 30/01/2012 | £34k | "Wild and Wonderful: Celebrating Scotland's wild plants and fungi" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 29/03/2010 | £551k | "Ranscombe Nature Reserve Community Heritage Project" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 28/09/2009 | £40k | "Places for Plants and People" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 26/02/2008 | £50k | "Building Capacity for Wild Plant Heritage in the South West" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 07/06/2005 | £121k | "Living Roots" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 05/02/2002 | £308k | "Making it Count for People and Plants" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 25/11/1998 | £52k | "Munsary Peatlands, Caithness" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 22/07/1997 | £69k | "Joanshill Farm, Checkley" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 24/09/1996 | £44k | "Ryewater Farm, Corscombe, Dorset" |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 20/02/1996 | £126k | "Winskill Stones Langcliffe, Nr Settle" |