CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL UK

Registered charity 1200955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Conservation International UK continues to work to attract voluntary donations to assist projects around the world and to preserve global biodiversity.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £71,930 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £92,216 to £20,286. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves were £14,036 at year-end, which is described as a surplus sufficient to finance working capital under their policy of distributing income as soon as possible. The going concern basis is supported by a letter of support from the parent foundation, Conservation International Foundation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £200,000 - £250,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £200,000 - £250,000” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: retain sufficient reserves to finance the working capital (held: £14k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to distribute all income to the field as soon as possible, retaining sufficient reserves to finance the working capital.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Conservation International Foundation (CIF) provided financial support.

“During the year, CI UK received £1,459,722 (2024 - £973,883) from CIF for the payroll fees for staff members that are hosted by CIO on behalf of CIF and they also paid donations of £705,804 (2024 £447,374) relating to the costs of the charity. At the end of the year the sum of £68,715 (2024 - £19,349) donations remains unspent.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Calders (1883) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lisa P. Jackson — Chairman of the Board (source)
Mark S. Bezos — Interim Chairman of the Board / Chairman of Executive Committee (source)
Sebastian Tröeng — CEO, Conservation International (source)
Harrison Ford — Vice Chair (source)
Kristina Brittenham — Board Member (source)
Wes Bush — Board Member (source)
Iván Duque — Board Member (source)
Anders Holch Povlsen — Board Member (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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.4m

Cost of raising funds

£427k

Reserves (reported)

£14k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 32.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (24/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr SIMON LYSTERchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Anders Sebastian Troeng
Lawrence Daniel Conrad Brenninkmeyer
Marisa Danielle Drew
NICHOLAS KUKRIKA
Nick Southgate
Oliver James Graham
Rohini Finch · trustee of 1 other charity
Sabrina Hibo Elba

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

Operates in: Albania · Algeria · Angola · Antarctica · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Barbados · Belize · Benin · Bermuda · Bhutan · Bosnia And Herzegovina

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£1.3m	£1.4m
30/06/2024	£543k	£450k
30/06/2023	£79	£766

Common questions

Is CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £71,930 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £92,216 to £20,286. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves were £14,036 at year-end, which is described as a surplus sufficient to finance working capital under their policy of distributing income as soon as possible. The going concern basis is supported by a letter of support from the parent foundation, Conservation International Foundation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Calders (1883) LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £200,000 - £250,000 band.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£34k
ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS	2	£258k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	2	£150k
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£28k
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	—
START NETWORK	1	£919k
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£598k
CONSERVATION COLLECTIVE	1	£560k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY.

PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY income £8.1m
CONSERVE GLOBAL income £4.2m
RESTORE OUR PLANET income £162k
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £3.4m
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION income £3.5m
THE LANCASHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST income £9.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL UK	£1.3m	£200,000 - £250,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PLANTLIFE INTERNATIONAL-THE WILD PLANT CONSERVATION CHARITY FY2025	£8.1m	—	—	below	11.9%	no doubt
CONSERVE GLOBAL FY2025	£4.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RESTORE OUR PLANET FY2025	£162k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHROPSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE PERIVOLI FOUNDATION FY2023	£3.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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