ECOSYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK

Registered charity 1159867 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC045732 (OSCR)

The Ecosystems Knowledge Network:(1) Runs a website containing information about the ecosystem approach and its practical application.(2) Creates documents (such as newsletters) that contain information about the ecosystemapproach.(3) Runs events that help people to share knowledge and learn about theecosystem approach.(4) Provides advice about the ecosystem approach

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£436k
Latest spending
£391k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £44,194 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £96,923. The trustees confirm that the charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has prepared the statements on a going concern basis without noting any material uncertainties or risks to its continued operation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £97k)
“holding three months of operating costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£436k£391k
31/03/2024£306k£304k
31/03/2023£343k£335k
31/03/2022£187k£169k
31/03/2021£100k£72k

Common questions

Is ECOSYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £44,194 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £96,923. The trustees confirm that the charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has prepared the statements on a going concern basis without noting any material uncertainties or risks to its continued operation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ECOSYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ECOSYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK as a grant recipient include CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government—£4kGRANT: Natural Capital Investment Innovation Awards

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ECOSYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE NETWORK£436k—0above—no doubt
GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK UK FY2024£3.7m—0below—no doubt
THE ECOLOGY TRUST FY2025£2.0m—0below—no doubt
ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION FUND FY2025£345k——unclear—no doubt
OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
ECOLOGICAL CONTINUITY TRUST FY2024£244k—0above12.8%no doubt

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