CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST
Registered charity 1094467 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EARTHWATCH INSTITUTE (EUROPE)
We engage people worldwide in scientific field research and education in order to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.
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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that total funds decreased by 30% to £2.5 million, with free reserves falling to £0.9 million, equivalent to four months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirm this reserve level remains within their stated policy range of three to six months' cover for operating costs. The organization reports a net expenditure for the year and notes an approved deficit in the 2025 budget, utilizing funds from a 2012 donation and restricted funds to achieve balance.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months' cover for operating costs (held: £900k)
“The Trustees continue to maintain a risk-based policy of holding between three and six months’ cover for operating costs in the following financial year.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Unrestricted donations of £1,200 were received during the year from another not-for-profit entity that one Trustee served on.
“Unrestricted donations of £1,200 were received during the year from another not-for-profit entity that one Trustee served on. There were no other related party transactions in the year (2023: £1,200)” — page 51
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Harry Barton — Chief Executive (source)
- Hannah Marshall — Director of Income Generation & Partnership Development (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£377k
Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Adam John Powell
- Benjamin Ashley Wilson
- Dr Edmund Peter Green
- Dr Nina Bhola
- Emmanuel Maunganidze
- JACK JAMES MATTHEWS
- Josephus Johannes Willem Maria Huijbregts
- Kain Bakhtiari
- LUCIAN JOHN HUDSON
- Sonia Shah · trustee of 1 other charity
- Wen-Yu Weng · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Brazil · Canada · China · France · Hong Kong · India · Malaysia · Mexico · Oman · Philippines · Seychelles · South Africa
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased by 30% to £2.5 million, with free reserves falling to £0.9 million, equivalent to four months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirm this reserve level remains within their stated policy range of three to six months' cover for operating costs. The organization reports a net expenditure for the year and notes an approved deficit in the 2025 budget, utilizing funds from a 2012 donation and restricted funds to achieve balance. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Who funds CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CONSERVATION EDUCATION & RESEARCH TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST, COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST, THE OAKDALE TRUST.
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