COMMUNITIES FOR NATURE

Registered charity 1204810 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To deliver its objects, Communities for Nature will provide or assist in the provision of goods, services, resources and grants to communities and organisations; develop or assist in the development of infrastructure and the education of communities; and provide or assist people with the means to live and support themselves or their community for the present and the future.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BY PROMOTING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PHILIPPINES. 2. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PHILIPPINES, BY:A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS." 3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN:A) THE CONSERVATION (INCLUDING WILDLIFE CONSERVATION), PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY;B) SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; ANDC) TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. TO DELIVER THE PURPOSES THE CIO WILL USE SUCH MEANS AS DETERMINED BY IT’S TRUSTEES INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:* PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GOODS, SERVICES, RESOURCES AND GRANTS* DEVELOPING OR ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE EDUCATION OF COMMUNITIES* PROVIDING OR ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH THE MEANS TO LIVE AND SUPPORT THEMSELVES OR THEIR COMMUNITY FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ealing, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £16,751 at the end of the reporting period, which the trustees consider to be broadly in line with their policy of maintaining three to six months of normal operating expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase of £6,471 for the year, with unrestricted funds growing from £10,280 to £16,751, while restricted funds were fully expended on designated projects.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Communities for Nature (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rhoda Ybanez Avanzado Phillipschair
• Claire Weeks
• Deborah Mary Caunce
• Dr Andrew Toby Phillips
• Emily Beth Yuan
• Gerardo Lizares Ledesma
• Josefa Alba Carandang
• Micaela Ledesma Trebol
• Richard Friedberger

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

Operates in: Indonesia · Kenya · Nepal · Philippines · Throughout England And Wales · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY BY NATURE LTD.

• COMMUNITY BY NATURE LTD income £173k
• THE WHITLEY FUND FOR NATURE income £2.6m
• AWE FOR NATURE TRUST UK income £163k
• THE PETER SMITH CHARITABLE TRUST FOR NATURE income £250k
• THE WILDLIFE FOR ALL TRUST income £47k
• NATURAL NEIGHBOURS income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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