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SAVE THE ELEPHANTS

Registered charity 1118804 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of the charity are best expressed by its mission statement to secure a future for elephants and to sustain the beauty and integrity of the places where they live: to promote man's delight in their intelligence and diversity of their world and to develop a tolerant relationship between the two species.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION AND MONITORING OF ELEPHANTS THROUGHOUT THEIR RANGE, ECOLOGY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£4.1m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total income of £5,323,000 and a net movement in funds of £766,543 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £4,816,634 exceed the stated policy target of £2,474,535, representing six months of operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,001 - £160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£150,001 - £160,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 6 months (£2,474,535 on the basis of 2025’s budget) (reserves figure: £4.8m)
“the trustees have placed a target that STE should maintain a capital reserve fund to cover the operating costs of the charity for a period of 6 months (£2,474,535 on the basis of 2025’s budget). At the year-end the actual level of working capital and free reserves (excluding restricted and designated funds) stood at £4,816,634” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to entity owned by trustee George Wittemyer
“During the year, the charity paid £26,213 to Wildlife Conservation Consulting LLC, an entity owned by trustee George Wittemyer, for services provided in support of the wider Save the Elephants research programme.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gerald Edelman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 7 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 6 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £120,001–£130,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Save the Elephants (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£4.1m
Cost of raising funds
£313k
Reserves (reported)
£4.8m
Employees
98

Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London · Kenya · Mali · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5.3m£4.1m
31/12/2024£4.3m£4.0m
31/12/2023£4.0m£4.0m
31/12/2022£4.6m£4.6m
31/12/2021£3.7m£2.7m

Common questions

Is SAVE THE ELEPHANTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total income of £5,323,000 and a net movement in funds of £766,543 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £4,816,634 exceed the stated policy target of £2,474,535, representing six months of operating costs. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gerald Edelman LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SAVE THE ELEPHANTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,001 - £160,000 band.

Who funds SAVE THE ELEPHANTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAVE THE ELEPHANTS as a grant recipient include TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TUIXEN FOUNDATION, TUSK TRUST LIMITED, SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£88k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£32k
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2021£30k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£20k
TUSK TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£20k
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£19k
CHASE AFRICA (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT)FY2025£15kCommunity Health Project, Tsavo
CHASE AFRICA (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT)FY2024£11kOne Health: Integrating Health and Conservation for Improved Well-being in Northern Tanzania
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
CHK FoundationFY2022£10kGrants to charitable institutions
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
CHASE AFRICA (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT)FY2023£6kSave the Elephants Community Health Project
THE TUIXEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£6k
TOBY AND REGINA WYLES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2023£78kDARCC019: Building Government Capability and Capacity to Facilitate Human-Elephant Coexistence
UK government01/04/2023£94kDARCC019: Building Government Capability and Capacity to Facilitate Human-Elephant Coexistence

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
THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED2£12k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST2£11k
THE BORN FREE FOUNDATION1£925k
OLSEN ANIMAL TRUST1£906k
THE J G HOGG CHARITABLE TRUST1£60k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION1£35k
NOMAD CONSERVATION FUND1£5k
Animal Welfare Japan1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILD SURVIVORS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAVE THE ELEPHANTS£5.3m£150,001 - £160,000—above—no doubt
WILD SURVIVORS FY2025£188k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PANGEA TRUST FY2025£1.8m—1above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL AID FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF ANIMALS FY2025£340k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WILDLIFE AID FOUNDATION FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE ELEPHANT TRUST FY2025£78k—0above—no doubt

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