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Ashden Climate Solutions

Registered charity 1104153 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHDEN, ASHDEN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, BETTER LIVES, THE ASHDEN AWARDS

Latest income
£7.4m
Latest spending
£7.2m
Registered
2004

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£7.4m
Total spending
£7.2m
Cost of raising funds
£455k
Reserves (reported)
£597k
Employees
64

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Cameroon · India · Kenya · Nigeria · Peru · South Africa · Throughout England · United States · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£7.4m£7.2m
31/12/2024£6.5m£5.4m
31/12/2023£4.8m£3.0m
31/12/2022£2.6m£2.5m
31/12/2021£2.1m£2.1m

Common questions

Who funds Ashden Climate Solutions?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Ashden Climate Solutions as a grant recipient include THE AURORA TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, THE LINBURY TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2024£333k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£333k
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2025£197k
KUSUMA TRUST UKFY2024£197k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£170k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2023£170k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2025£120k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£90k
THE LINBURY TRUSTFY2024£58k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2024£50k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATIONFY2022£40k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2023£40k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£28k
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2023£23k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE TEDWORTH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£15k
THE HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS' CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
MCS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k