A ROCHA INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1136041 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A Rocha is an international conservation organisation working to show God's love for all creation. A Rocha is committed to environmental action through community-based conservation projects.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net increase in funds of £51,067 for the year, driven by a 7% rise in income and reduced staff costs. The trustees report that free reserves of £683,779 are at target levels, covering approximately 6.1 months of annual expenditure, indicating a sustainable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: around 6 months of annual expenditure (held: £684k)

“the Trustees aim to maintain free reserves at around 6 months of annual expenditure, which equated to approximately £670,000 in 2025.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to A Rocha Switzerland for seconded staff costs

“In 2025, A Rocha International paid £29,189 (2024 - £94,445) to A Rocha Switzerland to reimburse employment-related costs of two employees seconded to A Rocha International” — page 44

“In 2025, A Rocha International transferred £55,974 (2024 - £52,152) to A Rocha Ghana representing transfers of donations, conference travel reimbursements and grant allocations for conservation projects.” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Transfer to A Rocha Ghana for donations, travel, and grants

“In 2025, A Rocha International paid £29,189 (2024 - £94,445) to A Rocha Switzerland to reimburse employment-related costs of two employees seconded to A Rocha International” — page 44

“In 2025, A Rocha International transferred £55,974 (2024 - £52,152) to A Rocha Ghana representing transfers of donations, conference travel reimbursements and grant allocations for conservation projects.” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of President Emeritus expenses

“In 2025, A Rocha International paid £29,189 (2024 - £94,445) to A Rocha Switzerland to reimburse employment-related costs of two employees seconded to A Rocha International” — page 44

“In 2025, A Rocha International transferred £55,974 (2024 - £52,152) to A Rocha Ghana representing transfers of donations, conference travel reimbursements and grant allocations for conservation projects.” — page 44

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — A Rocha International (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Ed Walker — Executive Director (source)
Dr Steve Tanner — Chair of trustees (source)
Peter Harris — President Emeritus (source)
Ken Brown — Chief Operating Officer (source)
Dr Jeremy Lindsell — Director of Science and Conservation (source)
Jo Swinney — Director of Communications (source)
Kuki Rokhum — Director of Church Engagement (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Goble Foundation — “Congratulations to A Rocha co-founder Peter Harris on receiving the Goble Foundation’s Freestarter Award!” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£54k

Reserves (reported)

£684k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 3.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (11/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Steeve Tannerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
DAVID FRANCIS CHANDLER · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr HILARY FRANCES MARLOW · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Rodel Diaz Lasco · trustee of 1 other charity
GRAHAM BERNARD WRIGHT MA, MBA · trustee of 1 other charity
Kate Louise Andrews · trustee of 2 other charities
Kirstin Elizabeth Jeffrey Johnson · trustee of 1 other charity
SOOHWAN PARK · trustee of 1 other charity
Seintje Veldhuis · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Australia · Canada · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Costa Rica · Czech Republic · France · Ghana · India · Kenya · Lebanon · Netherlands · New Zealand

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/12/2024	£1.3m	£1.7m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.5m
31/12/2022	£1.0m	£1.4m
31/12/2021	£1.4m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is A ROCHA INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a net increase in funds of £51,067 for the year, driven by a 7% rise in income and reduced staff costs. The trustees report that free reserves of £683,779 are at target levels, covering approximately 6.1 months of annual expenditure, indicating a sustainable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF NANTWICH	1	—
THE SOLE 2 SOUL FOUNDATION	1	£81k
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	1	£60k
PARACLETOS	1	£50k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND	1	£50k
HINCHLEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£32k
AQUILA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with A ROCHA UK.

A ROCHA UK income £921k
ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED income £4.8m
ROCHE LEARNING VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP income £487k
@ THE ROCK income £331k
ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH income £119k
ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH income £168k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
A ROCHA INTERNATIONAL	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
A ROCHA UK FY2025	£921k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCK UK ADVENTURE CENTRES LIMITED FY2025	£4.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
ROCHE LEARNING VILLAGE PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£487k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
@ THE ROCK FY2025	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROCK OF SALVATION APOSTOLIC CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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