KNEPP WILDLAND FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities include: Land management for nature conservation; Habitat restoration; Species reintroduction and reinforcement; Supporting wildlife education; Wildlife survey, recording and research projects.

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

Latest income

£932k

Latest spending

£821k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a net surplus of £110,523 and total funds of £240,725. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £114,266, which the charity states it maintained at the agreed level of three months’ core operating costs. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 5.4% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Fundraising Costs 50,231” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ core operating costs (held: £114k)

“We maintained the agreed reserve of three months’ core operating costs. Core costs for 2024 were approximately £100,000” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Knepp Wildland Foundation leads bid to return extinct black-veined white butterfly to Britain thedirt.news · 03/08/2026

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Knepp Wildland Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£932k

Total spending

£821k

Cost of raising funds

£50k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 5.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sir Charles Raymond Burrell Btchair
David Anthony Green
Dr ANTHONY MALCOLM WHITBREAD · trustee of 1 other charity
Helen Chapman
India-Rose May
Isabella Elizabeth Nancy Tree

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£932k	£821k
31/12/2023	£344k	£294k
31/12/2022	£179k	£108k
31/12/2021	£26k	£17k

Common questions

Is KNEPP WILDLAND FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity closed the year with a net surplus of £110,523 and total funds of £240,725. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were £114,266, which the charity states it maintained at the agreed level of three months’ core operating costs. The filing confirms that resources are adequate and there are no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KNEPP WILDLAND FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KNEPP WILDLAND FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST, The Patricia Routledge Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£40k	Martin Wills Fund - Conservation and wildlife charities
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£10k	Other grants
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£6k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2025	£5k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2025	£3k
CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£0	Helping to achieve the UK climate targets and driving toward zero emissions - Driving Environmental Innovation

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/02/2026	£20k	Wild Futures: Rewilding Our Young Communities
ARCADIA	02/07/2024	£5k	Towards core costs
UK government	01/04/2024	£71k	LR_1239194_Adur_Claim_5
UK government	01/04/2024	£108k	LR1239194_C6
UK government	01/04/2024	£101k	LR1239194_C7
UK government	01/04/2024	£65k	LR_1239194_C4
UK government	01/04/2024	£58k	FCRMDIR039G
UK government	15/02/2024	£56k	Weald to Waves: Scrubland Superheroes
UK government	15/02/2024	£20k	Weald to Waves: Scrubland Superheroes
ARCADIA	01/12/2023	£5k	Towards core costs
UK government	01/04/2023	£14k	LR1239194_C1
UK government	01/04/2023	£31k	LR1239194_C2
UK government	01/04/2023	£36k	LR_1239194_C3