CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS

Registered charity 295336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5027799 · Wikipedia · also known as CNP, COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL PARKS

Campaign for National Parks is the only independent charity dedicated to securing the future of National Parks in England and Wales. We campaign for a world where nature and people are thriving in National Parks that are nature-rich and accessible to everyone. Our mission is to inspire action for wilder, inclusive National Parks.

Objects

4 THE CHARITYãS OBJECTS (¶OBJECTS÷) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO PROMOTE THE PROTECTION, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONALPARKS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT;(2) TO PROMOTE THE QUIET ENJOYMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND THE APPRECIATIONOF THEIR NATURAL BEAUTY BY THE PUBLIC IN AN INFORMED AND UNDERSTANDINGMANNER;(3) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATIONAL PARKS,THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL AND BY OTHER MEANS; AND(4) TO PROMOTE AND UNDERTAKE RESEARCH INTO ISSUES AFFECTING THECONSERVATION AND ENJOYMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS AND TO MAKE PUBLIC THEUSEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£519k
Latest spending
£530k
Registered
1986

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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.

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

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 13
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); under 1% of the £518,615 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £3,000 — grants £3,000 (1); 1% of the £280,397 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

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

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

Total income
£519k
Total spending
£530k
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reserves (reported)
£447k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~10.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 7.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£519k£530k
31/03/2024£280k£426k
31/03/2023£544k£353k
31/03/2022£404k£242k
31/03/2021£291k£198k

Common questions

Who funds CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMPAIGN FOR NATIONAL PARKS as a grant recipient include THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST, RUTH SMART FOUNDATION, The Patricia Routledge Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£167kGrants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£95kTowards core costs to deliver their strategy for healthier ecosystems, land and freshwater in National Parks in England and Wales
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2022£54kSecondary - The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021Unverified read£26kYr1 2021
RUTH SMART FOUNDATIONFY2021£12k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUSTFY2025£11kSecondary
THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025Unverified read£5k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2025£3k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£2k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2021£2k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2021£2kConservation/horticultural
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2022£2k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1kCharitable Donation
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2023£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kCharitable Donation
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE JOHN COATES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/11/2025£248k"National Parks Reimagined"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/10/2023£200k"National Parks: New Perspectives"
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2012£295klong-term youth skills, citizenship, health and confidence project.
The National Lottery Community Fund25/05/2011£296kMosaic: Building links between ethnic minority comms & National Parks in Wa
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/01/2005£5k"The Organisation Will Promote A Programme Of Training Workshops To Support Parks Groups."
The National Lottery Community Fund21/12/2004£5kTraining workshops
The National Lottery Heritage Fund16/11/2004£635k"The Mosaic Partnership"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/01/2001£158k"Developing Links: Ethnic Community Participation in National Parks"