Rainforest Foundation UK

Registered charity 1138287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION (UK)

The mission of Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) is to support Indigenous Peoples and other communities in the world's rainforests to protect their environment and fulfil their rights to land, life, and livelihood.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.6m

Latest spending

£2.9m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £556,367, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £400,000. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £308,107, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £79,999 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One of the employees received employee benefits (excluding both employer's NIC and pension contributions) between £70,000 - £79,999 during the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One of the employees received employee benefits (excluding both employer's NIC and pension contributions) between £70,000 - £79,999 during the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of recurrent expenditures (held: £556k)

“The charity’s policy, which is reviewed on a yearly basis, is that unrestricted reserves should not normally fall below £400,000, which is approximately three months of recurrent expenditures.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2024) to £70,000 - £79,999 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Specific number of Community Forests (CFCLs) and management plans approved in the DRC.

“By the end of 2025, we directly supported 17 CFCLs in the sustainable management of 170,000 hectares of forest and the approval of 15 Simple Management Plans.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rainforest Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Joe Eisen — Executive Director (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).

Waterloo Foundation — “Our pilot in Ecuador is possible, in part, by the support of the Waterloo Foundation .” (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

£2.6m

Total spending

£2.9m

Cost of raising funds

£73k

Reserves (reported)

£556k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/07/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lucy Katherine Napier Claridgechair
Catherine Clarke
Charlie Kabanga Tshali
David Robert Morgan
Dr Emily Clough · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Victoria Thompson
Josceline Mary Black
Leila Rosalie Curran Reid
Olga Iga Owczarek · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Poore
Tal Eran Harris

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Gabon · Ghana · Peru

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.6m	£2.9m
31/12/2024	£2.9m	£2.8m
31/12/2023	£2.8m	£2.6m
31/12/2022	£3.0m	£2.5m
31/12/2021	£2.0m	£2.0m

Common questions

Is Rainforest Foundation UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £556,367, which is above the charity's stated policy target of £400,000. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £308,107, resulting in a decrease in total funds from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of Rainforest Foundation UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £79,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Rainforest Foundation UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Rainforest Foundation UK as a grant recipient include SYNCHRONICITY EARTH, SWIRE 2765, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2024	£79k	Congo Basin
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2021	£54k
SWIRE 2765	FY2024	£50k
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2022	£50k
SWIRE 2765	FY2023	£50k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k	Overseas January 2025
SPEARS-STUTZ CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Secondary
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Secondary
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE BOWER TRUST	FY2024	£500
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200
THE BOWER TRUST	FY2025	£0
SYNCHRONICITY EARTH	FY2023	£0	Congo Basin

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/07/2004	£393k	Improving access to civil rights & the use of forest law by forest communit

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
CHK Foundation	2	£70k
JACOBS FUTURA FOUNDATION	1	£827k
The Global Returns Project Limited	1	£684k
THE NATURE RECOVERY PROJECT	1	£309k
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT	1	£188k
THE ALLEN OVERY SHEARMAN STERLING FOUNDATION	1	£155k
Flat Iron Trust	1	£148k
THE EQ FOUNDATION	1	£82k

Charities like this

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

RAINFOREST TRUST UK income £2.7m
COOL EARTH ACTION income £3.9m
BORNEO NATURE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL income £713k
THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION income £3.9m
FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME income £9.6m
RAINFOREST CONCERN income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Rainforest Foundation UK	£2.6m	£70,000 - £79,999	1	unclear	—	no doubt
RAINFOREST TRUST UK FY2024	£2.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
COOL EARTH ACTION FY2026	£3.9m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	unclear	14.7%	noted
BORNEO NATURE FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FY2023	£713k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RUFFORD FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.9m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME FY2025	£9.6m	—	—	unclear	—	noted

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