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

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £53,196 for the year ended 30 September 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £225,422. The trustees consider the future risk to income streams to be negligible due to a signed guarantee from the parent organization, EDF Inc., covering shortfalls until June 2026. Consequently, the trustees confirmed that no material uncertainty exists regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 9
The following number of employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension) greater than £60,000 during the year: 2024 No. 2 £60,000 - £69,999 1 £70,000 - £79,999 3 £80,000 - £89,999 £90,000 - £99,999 £100,000 - £109,999 £110,000 - £119,999 £120,000 - £129,999 2 £130,000 - £139,999 — page 34
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO LLP.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
14

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

Trustees

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

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.4m£1.4m
30/09/2024£3.1m£3.1m
30/09/2023£9.3m£9.8m
30/09/2022£5.9m£5.8m
30/09/2021£4.1m£4.0m

Common questions

Is ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND UK financially healthy?

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £53,196 for the year ended 30 September 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £225,422. The trustees consider the future risk to income streams to be negligible due to a signed guarantee from the parent organization, EDF Inc., covering shortfalls until June 2026. Consequently, the trustees confirmed that no material uncertainty exists regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 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

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

FunderYearAmount
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2025£1.1m
CLEAN AIR FUNDFY2021£405k
CLEAN AIR FUNDFY2021£405k
CLEAN AIR FUNDFY2021£60k
CLEAN AIR FUNDFY2021£60k
LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
BACON FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£20k
LEVINE FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
ARCADIA£2.5mTowards work on soil carbon sequestration.

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