THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY

Registered charity 216652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B T O · also registered in Scotland as SC039193 (OSCR)

Latest income
£8.7m
Latest spending
£9.0m
Registered
1964

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£8.7m
Total spending
£9.0m
Cost of raising funds
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
163

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£8.7m£9.0m
31/03/2024£9.5m£8.0m
31/03/2023£7.1m£7.0m
31/03/2022£7.8m£6.6m
31/03/2021£6.2m£6.1m

Common questions

Who funds THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH TRUST FOR ORNITHOLOGY as a grant recipient include THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATION, THE LINDER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATIONFY2025£35k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2024£29k
THE LINDER FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/09/2016£78k"Organisational reform for BritainÂ’s birds: Building BTOÂ’s resilience to change"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/02/2007£38k"Garden Birdwatch Ambassadors Scheme"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/03/2004£379k"BTO Resource Centre"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund01/05/1996£140k"National Bird Data Archive, Thetford"