NATURAL NEIGHBOURS

Registered charity 1200486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Using public demonstration events backed up by online media, Natural Neighbours inspires & supports people in urban communities to create and connect essential habitat for wildlife in their private outdoor spaces. We raise awareness of the health and wellbeing benefits of supporting and experiencing nature wherever and whoever you are, with a particular focus on the most marginalised communities.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: (A) TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE CONSERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING BIODIVERSITY;(B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO SUCH CONSERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION AND RELATED MATTERS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS OBJECT, WE ARE DEFINING BIODIVERSITY AS RICHNESS (NUMBER OF SPECIES), ABUNDANCE (SIZE OF POPULATIONS) AND DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £10,115 for the year ended 30 September 2025, driven by charitable activities and fundraising costs exceeding incoming resources. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves are currently insufficient to meet the stated target of holding three months' reserves, although the charity holds a restricted fund balance of £18,900 from a National Lottery grant.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Madeleine Jarrattchair
• Annwen Johnson BEM
• Caroline Loden
• Christiana Adegoke
• John Salmon
• Lauren Mills
• Will Kelsey

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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