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GLOBAL CANOPY

Registered charity 1089110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOBAL CANOPY FOUNDATION, GLOBAL CANOPY PROGRAMME (GCP)

Global Canopy is an innovative environmental organisation that targets the market forces destroying tropical forests. Since 2001, we have been testing new approaches to tackling deforestation, and guiding companies, investors and governments worldwide to think differently about our planet's forests.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£5.6m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £896,000, which is within the trustees' target range and equivalent to eight months of core costs. The charity reported a decrease in total income to £4.62 million and a net movement in funds of £42,000 for unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted income
“Restricted income decreased by 38% from £6.05 million in 2023/2024 to £3.76 million in 2024/2025.” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Global Canopy (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£5.6m
Cost of raising funds
£267k
Reserves (reported)
£895k
Employees
49

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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: 5.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Austria · Brazil · China · Colombia · France · Germany · Indonesia · Italy · Paraguay · Peru · Scotland · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.6m£5.6m
31/03/2024£7.1m£5.8m
31/03/2023£5.2m£4.6m
31/03/2022£4.5m£3.4m
31/03/2021£2.4m£2.5m

Common questions

Is GLOBAL CANOPY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £896,000, which is within the trustees' target range and equivalent to eight months of core costs. The charity reported a decrease in total income to £4.62 million and a net movement in funds of £42,000 for unrestricted funds. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP.

Who funds GLOBAL CANOPY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOBAL CANOPY as a grant recipient include The Global Returns Project Limited, CHK Foundation, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PRUDENCE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2026£259kRevealing companies' links to deforestation
CHK FoundationFY2024£150k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2023£135k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£80k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2025£75kMarkets & Supply Chains / Deforestation data
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2023£75kCore costs
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2024£70k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEINGFY2024£50kthe final tranche of a three-year grant allocated to their core organisational costs, including the support of running their programmes, and the expansion of th
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEINGFY2022£35k
THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF WELL-BEINGFY2021£35k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2023£32k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2022£30k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2022£27kVarious workstreams
SYNCHRONICITY EARTHFY2023£25kSynchronicity
NEWBY TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£25kEnvironment
SYNCHRONICITY EARTHFY2022£25k
CHK FoundationFY2023£25k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20kTowards core costs.
THE MATERIAL WORLD FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£20k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£20kTowards core costs.
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20kTowards its core costs.
CHK FoundationFY2023£15k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2022£12kTo support the development of its Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights strategy.
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTHFY2024£10kSynchronicity
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2022£6kTo run an event with the New York Times at COP26.
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2022£6kTowards an event with the New York Times at COP26.
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£6kTowards to run an event with the New York Times at COP26.
The Aurelia FoundationFY2023£5k
The Aurelia FoundationFY2024£5k
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3kGrant paid or payable
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE MILLICHOPE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE CONSTANCE TRAVIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
ARCADIA—£1.7mCore support to Global Canopy

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SWIRE 27652£170k
THE OAKDALE TRUST2£4k
JACOBS FUTURA FOUNDATION1£827k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£505k
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT1£309k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£122k
THE EQ FOUNDATION1£82k
CRIPPLEGATE FOUNDATION1£71k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANOPI FOUNDATION 1.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOBAL CANOPY£4.6m——within—no doubt
CANOPI FOUNDATION 1 FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt
CANOPI FOUNDATION FY2025£2.8m£70,001 - £80,0003unclear—no doubt
Rainforest Foundation UK FY2025£2.6m£70,000 - £79,9991unclear—no doubt
RAINFOREST TRUST UK FY2024£2.7m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GENERATION FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.