THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS

Registered charity 261009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH TRUST FOR CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS, BTCV, THE BRITISH TRUST FOR CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS · also registered in Scotland as SC039302 (OSCR)

TCV wants healthier, happier communities for everyone. We work together with people, communities and partners to deliver practical actions that have a lasting impact on people?s health prospects and outdoor places.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £81k for the year, improving its overall financial position. Reserves are held within the stated policy target, representing 9 weeks of unrestricted expenditure against a policy range of 7-14 weeks. The trustees confirm the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due through to March 2027.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Rebecca Kennelly — Chief Executive (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• OVO Energy — “We would like to thank the following organisations for supporting our work OVO Energy” (source page)
• Nature Scot — “Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. TCV Scotland works in partnership with both Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. The vital fund…” (source page)
• Scottish Government — “Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. TCV Scotland works in partnership with both Nature Scot and the Scottish Government. The vital fund…” (source page)
• NatWest Group — “NatWest Group TCV has worked in partnership with NatWest Group for 17 years. Since 2007 the bank’s employees from across the UK have underta…” (source page)
• Postcode Lottery — “The Conservation Volunteers is supported by players of the Postcode Lottery . The amount raised by players to date is £6,055,458 through the…” (source page)
• The Land Trust — “The Land Trust The Conservation Volunteers works in partnership with The Land Trust to manage some of their key sites in England.” (source page)
• Public Health Agency — “Public Health Agency Northern Ireland has supported TCV for many years and our programmes help to realise their vision” (source page)
• The National Lottery — “The National Lottery TCV has been fortunate enough to receive funding for over 100 projects and is proud to call The National Lottery one of…” (source page)

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

14 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 3.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrea Lambert
• Anna Claire Hein
• Dermot Toberty
• Dr Joanne Gilbert
• Emma Aspinall · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Hamilton
• Shannon Russell
• Shipra Gupta
• Tanvi Desai Graham
• Timothy Vaughan
• Uilani Dines

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACTION FOR CONSERVATION.

• ACTION FOR CONSERVATION income £1.2m
• HULL COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES LTD income £2.2m
• GLAMORGAN VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.1m
• HELPFORCE COMMUNITY income £1.6m
• BRADFORD ORGANIC COMMUNITIES SERVICE LTD income £193k
• TENDRING COMMUNITY VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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