RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD

Registered charity 1185764 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RA UK, RAINFOREST ALLIANCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, RAINFOREST ALLIANCE UK

Advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development including in ethical standards of conduct in social and environmental responsibility in farming and land use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour. Promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of nil for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income and expenditure both amounting to £2,415,005. The filing notes that the charity holds no unrestricted reserves, as its future expenses are fully funded by its parent organisation, Rainforest Alliance Inc.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (99% of income)
“The main source of income is through the provision of financial support from the Rainforest Alliance, Inc.” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
28

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 (99% 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

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

Operates in: Bolivia · Cameroon · Canada · Costa Rica · Ghana · Guatemala · Indonesia · Kenya · Mexico · Northern Ireland · Peru · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£2.4m
31/12/2023£2.4m£2.4m
31/12/2022£1.9m£1.9m
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2020£1.5m£1.5m

Common questions

Is RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of nil for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income and expenditure both amounting to £2,415,005. The filing notes that the charity holds no unrestricted reserves, as its future expenses are fully funded by its parent organisation, Rainforest Alliance Inc. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD as a grant recipient include The Global Returns Project Limited, ISEAL ALLIANCE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Global Returns Project LimitedFY2026£253kRegenerative agriculture support
ISEAL ALLIANCEFY2022£147kAn Accountability Framework to Mainstream Responsible Production and Trade for Agriculture and Forestry
ISEAL ALLIANCEFY2023£52kEmbedding worker-led approaches to human rights due diligence into agricultural sustainability systems
ISEAL ALLIANCEFY2022£15kTech4Communities: Hybrid Community-Based Monitoring System (HCMS)
ISEAL ALLIANCEFY2022£10kUse of risk maps for child and forced labour in risk-based assurance processes

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 THE COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION FY2024£2.0m——below—no doubt
SUSTAINABILITY. HEALTH. ENVIRONMENT. DEVELOPMENT. FY2024£2.8m—0above—no doubt
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance Foundation FY2024£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
TROPICAL BIOLOGY ASSOCIATION FY2025£731k——above—no doubt
ALLIANCE FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£16k—0unclear—no doubt

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