NATURAL RESOURCE CHARTER LIMITED

Registered charity 1144326 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Through technical advice, advocacy, applied research, policy analysis, and capacity development, NRCL works with innovative agents of change within government ministries, civil society, the media, legislatures, the private sector, and international institutions to promote accountable and effective governance in the extractive industries.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £41,358 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £100,816. The charity's income is entirely derived from its parent organization, NRGI, and it maintains a positive net current asset position of £95,675. The trustees and auditors have confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Suneeta Kaimal — President and Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Patrick Heller — Chief Program Officer (source)
• Liz McGrath — Chief Operating Officer (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).

• African Climate Foundation — “African Climate Foundation $150,000 $150,000 July 2026 - June 2027 Expanding access to climate finance in Nigeria” (source page)
• ClimateWorks Foundation — “ClimateWorks Foundation $350,000 $350,000 November 2025 - April 2027 To provide support for work to advance viable transformational pathways…” (source page)
• European Climate Foundation (ECF) - Pool Fund for International Energy (PIE) — “European Climate Foundation (ECF) - Pool Fund for International Energy (PIE) $50,000 $50,000 October 2025 - October 2026 To build the capaci…” (source page)
• Energy Transition Fund — “Energy Transition Fund $350,000 $350,000 August 2025 - July 2026 Accelerating just transitions beyond oil and gas, in Colombia and internati…” (source page)
• The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) — “The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) $4,300,000 £3,258,348 September 2024 - September 2026 Ensuring Mine…” (source page)
• Ford Foundation — “Ford Foundation $1,250,000 $1,250,000 March 2026 - February 2029 General support and core support for energy transition efforts in Colombia …” (source page)
• Global Methane Hub — “Global Methane Hub $1,142,000 $1,142,000 August 2024 - July 2026 Reducing methane emissions in Nigeria, Senegal and Beyond” (source page)
• Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation — “Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation $500,000 $500,000 July 2026 - March 2027 To develop a playbook for nature positive mining - Design Phase: Be…” (source page)
• Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation — “Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation $3,160,000 NOK 31,500,000 January 2026 - December 2028 Resources to Revenues: Civil Society Dri…” (source page)
• Open Society Foundations — “Open Society Foundations $3,000,000 $3,000,000 July 2025 - June 2028 General Operating Support” (source page)
• Quadrature Climate Foundation — “Quadrature Climate Foundation $3,000,000 $3,000,000 August 2024 - July 2027 To advance efforts by citizens and governments to drive systemic…” (source page)
• Robertson Foundation — “Robertson Foundation $1,000,000 $1,000,000 November 2024 - November 2027 General operating support in recognition of NRGI’s work on a just e…” (source page)
• Rockefeller Foundation — “Rockefeller Foundation $600,000 $600,000 September 2025 - November 2026 In support of establishing an educational platform and forum for res…” (source page)
• Sequoia Climate Foundation — “Sequoia Climate Foundation $3,000,000 $3,000,000 April 2025 - August 2027 Advancing economic and energy systems beyond oil and gas in emergi…” (source page)
• William & Flora Hewlett Foundation — “William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $1,500,000 $1,500,000 April 2025 - April 2027 General operating support” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN DETHERIDGE
• Dr Joseph Asunka
• Dr Valerie Angelina Mary Marcel
• JOSEPH CHARLES BELL
• Meghna Abraham

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

Operates in: Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · Guinea · Mexico · Mongolia · Nigeria · Peru · Senegal · Tanzania · Tunisia · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RESOURCE JUSTICE NETWORK.

• RESOURCE JUSTICE NETWORK income £2.4m
• NEW PHILANTHROPY CAPITAL income £3.2m
• THE ADVICE SERVICES ALLIANCE income £149k
• THE RESOURCE ALLIANCE LIMITED income £1.6m
• LTPP income £3.1m
• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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