ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK
Registered charity 1164661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDF EUROPE/UK, EDF EUROPE, EDF UK, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND EUROPE/UK, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE FUND EUROPE/UK, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND EUROPE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND LTD
Environmental Defense Fund Europe seeks - the advancement of the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment- the advancement of the education of the public with particular reference to the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment- promotion of sustainable development
Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Charity ended the year with a surplus of £408 and net assets of £226,000. The Trustees consider the future risk to income streams to be negligible due to a signed guarantee from the Parent organization covering all costs and losses up to June 2027. Consequently, the Charity maintains a going concern status with no material uncertainty identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Spence-Jackson — Executive Director, Europe (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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
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: Charitable activities (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).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Austria · Belgium · Germany · Italy · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Spain · Sweden · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity ended the year with a surplus of £408 and net assets of £226,000. The Trustees consider the future risk to income streams to be negligible due to a signed guarantee from the Parent organization covering all costs and losses up to June 2027. Consequently, the Charity maintains a going concern status with no material uncertainty identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BDO LLP.
Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, CLEAN AIR FUND, LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATION, BACON FOUNDATION LTD.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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